ЈЕДНО ДАРОВАЊЕ ФРАЊЕВАЦА У КОТОРУ ИЗ СРЕДИНЕ XIV ВИЈЕКА
A DONATION OF THE FRANCISCANS IN KOTOR IN THE MID-14TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: In the middle of the 14th century, the Kotor nobleman Tripo Buća, a prominent businessman and diplomat of Serbian rulers, built a church dedicated to St. Nicholas, intended for the members of the Franciscan monastic order. The church was located between today’s palaces of Pima and Bizanti. In January 1352, his wife Belča, together with her sons Pavle and Dživa, the well-known businessmen of the time, donated two houses and land to that church. The document that speaks about that clearly and precisely states the origin of that property, as well as the place where that property is located in Kotor. In return, the Franciscans were obliged to serve daily Mass in the chapel of the church of St. Nicholas for the souls of Tripo, Belča, and other deceased. It was a gift pro remedio animae, characteristic of the Middle Ages. The Church of St. Nicholas, built by Tripo Buća, was handed over to the Brotherhood of Boka Kotorska Seamen in 1453, as stated in the Statute of that brotherhood from 1463. That is why it is mentioned in the sources as the church of St. Nicholas the Sailor. According to the right of patronage, members of the Buća family from Kotor, including the descendants of the sons of Tripo Buća, the founder of the church, attended the act of giving. The contract on the handing over of the church to the Brotherhood of Boka Kotorska Seamen provided that there could be a total of four graves in the chapel of that church. This information about the number of gravesites in the church was confirmed by the results of archeological research in the church interior.

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