Problema Illyricului în contextul disputelor Bizanţului cu papalitatea
The Illyricum Issue in the Context of the Disputes between Byzantium and Papacy

Summary/Abstract: The Illyricum Issue in the Context of the Disputes between Byzantium and Papacy. The jurisdiction of Illyricum has been regarded not only as a problem of regional interest, but as a concern of major general interest as well. The reason was due to the fact that a great deal of different peoples lived within the religious Illyricum, and the right of jurisdiction over it generated a great dispute between Rome and Constantinople. Illyricum always represented a vital matter for Byzantium, while for the papacy it was considered to be a matter of honour, and from here the strength of those fighting in that conflict. The Papacy used all the local grievances and all types of other ways in order to justify and impose its domination over that region. Some of the local hierarchical leaders enjoyed the very play between Rome and Byzantium, in their search for personal interests, or in their try of benefitting from an easier and more useful patronage. Confronted with the unjustified interventions of the Papacy in the Province of Illyricum, Byzantium tried to neutralize these options by including the region in the Constantinople Patriarchy, without allowing Rome the permission to consolidate a serious religious-administrative unit here.

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