КАТАЛОГ СТАРЕШИНА САМОКОВСКЕ ЕПАРХИЈЕ (XVI–XVIII ВЕК) Прилози Српском биографском речнику Матице српске
THE CATALOGUE OF THE PREFECTS IN THE EPARCHY OF SAMOKOVO (XVI–XVIII CENTURY) Contributions to Serbian Biographical Dictionary by Matica Srpska

Summary/Abstract: The work done so far on the lexicographical project Serbian Biographical Dictionary (in further text SBR) by Matica Srpska, has demonstrated that the major part of articles from the epoch of early modern era were based on the work results by researchers from the 19th and 20th century. Having in mind that the significant number of biographical entries in SBR from the epochs of early modern era relates to hierarchs of the Serbian church, this paper presents the catalogue of the prefects in the Eparchy of Samokovo from the time this church unit was a part of the autocephalous Archbishopric of Peć (Table 1). As a humble contribution to collecting prosopographical material for the history of the Serbian church, there were added two so far unused sources from the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Ministerʼs Office in Istanbul (Tur. Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi). These are registres of berats (decrees on appointments), which were issued in Constantinople to the Bishops of Samokovo between 1702 and 1754. Facsimiles and documents contents in Serbian language are presented in Appendices 1 and 2.

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