Gregory of Nin
Gregory of Nin | |
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| Bishop of Nin | |
 Statue of Grgur Ninski in Split, Croatia | |
| See | Diocese of Zadar (now Archdiocese of Zadar) |
| Term ended | c. 929 |
| Predecessor | Aldefreda |
| Successor | Andrija |
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| Consecration | c. 900 |
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| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
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Gregory of Nin (
Historical facts
Gregory was the Bishop of Nin and as such was under the strong protection of King Tomislav of Croatia. At the Synod in 925, held in Split, Gregory became subordinate to the Archbishop of Split.[2] He rejected the offer of the Sisak Bishopric. After the conclusions of the first Synod Gregory complained again in 927/8 but was rejected and his Nin bishopric was abolished, Gregory himself being transferred to the Diocese of Skradin.[3]
The statue
The 8.5-metre (28 ft)
The statue was erected in September 1929 in the Peristyle of Diocletian's Palace and can be seen in postcards of the pre-World War II period. In 1941, the statue was moved outside the city by Italian occupying forces. In 1954, it was re-erected in a different location, to the north of the Palace and Old Town of Split, just outside the Golden Gate and near the park Djardin (Croatian: Đardin), where it currently sits. A major restoration of the monument took place between 2013 and 2015.[6]
There are also statues of Gregory of Nin in the cities of Nin and Varaždin.[5]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-953-6308-71-2
- ^ Ivan Supicic (1999). Croatia in the Early Middle Ages: A Cultural Survey. Bloomsbury. p. 306.
- ^ Stanko Guldescu (1964). History of Medieval Croatia. Mouton. p. 119.
- ^ "Grgur Ninski povezao Split, Nin i Varaždin". Zadarski list (in Croatian). HINA. March 18, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Grgur Ninski". nin.hr. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ "Dramatična štorija o splitskom spomeniku Grguru Ninskom". tportal.hr (in Croatian). January 31, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
Further reading
- John Van Antwerp Fine, John V. A. Fine, Jr., The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, University of Michigan Press, 1991 ISBN 0-472-08149-7
- Florin Curta, Paul Stephenson, Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250, Cambridge University Press, 2006 ISBN 0-521-81539-8
- ISBN 1-57958-282-6
- "Grgur Ninski". Hrvatski biografski leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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