Mukurska biskupija (Ecclesia Muccuritana)
Diocese of Muccrum

Summary/Abstract: During the Second Salonitan council held on 23th May 533, among other things, three new dioceses were established with their seats in Sarsenterum, Muccurum and Ludrum. Many authors have dealt with the question of location of these places, the entities included into the dioceses as well as the jurisdiction of their bishops. However, many fundamental issues considering them are still disputable, due to many mistakes and the corrupted Latin language in which the documents of the councils were written being the only documents in which those dioceses were mentioned. The diocese with its seat in Muccurum had all characteristics of a rural diocese. The jurisdiction of its bishop spread, quite likely, from south-eastern parts of Mosor mountain and Poljica to the Neretvian marshes and the middle Dalmatian islands of Brač, Hvar and Vis (possibly Korčula) as well as from the north-western parts of Pelješac peninsula to the area of Imotski-Bekija.

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