The Diploma on Privilege on Collecting Offerings Issued by Metropolitan Pavle Nenadović to the Monks of the Dečani Monastery in 1755 Cover Image

Диплома митрополита Павла Ненадовића о праву дечанских монаха на прикупљање милостиње из 1755.
The Diploma on Privilege on Collecting Offerings Issued by Metropolitan Pavle Nenadović to the Monks of the Dečani Monastery in 1755

Author(s): Nedeljko V. Radosavljević
Subject(s): History
Published by: Istorijski institut, Beograd
Keywords: Dečani Monastery; Metropolinate of Karlovci; Pavle Nenadović; Former prior Isaija; contributions

Summary/Abstract: A copy of a diploma issued by Metropoliten Pavle Nenadović in 1755 is kept at the Archives of SASA in Sremski Karlovci. By this diploma the monks of the Dečani monastery were granted with the collecting offerings in the Eparchy of Budim of the Metropolinate of Karlovci. It represents one of the few preserved documents which indicates to the connections of the Dečani monastery with the Metropolinate of Karlovci in the XVIII century. Documents` content shows that brotherhood of monastery was in difficult financial position, so Metropoliten Pavle Nenadović had granted their mission. The patent is written in Church Slavonic language and adressed to Dionisije Novaković, bishop of Budim. In this paper we have pointed out to the content of the document and its origin and it was described according to the principles of diplomatics and paleography. The photocopy of the original is included in the paper.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 281-288
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Serbian
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