Archbishopric of Split (early medieval)
Archbishopric of Spalathon or Spalatum (also Salona, Latin: Spalatum) was a Christian archbishopric with seat in Salona (modern Split), Dalmatia (modern Croatia) in the early Middle Ages.
Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I (r. 457-474) appointed Glycerius as Bishop of Salona in 474, Glycerius had earlier served as Western Roman Emperor but was deposed by Julius Nepos.
Salona was ravaged by the South Slavs (Sclaveni) in 614, but in its place, Spalatum subsequently emerged.[1][2] In 639 the city was razed by the Slavs, and in 647 the city was rebuilt.
During the rule of Vladislav of Croatia (821-835), all of Croatia except the Archdiocese of Nin became subject to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Spalatum.[2]
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- Glycerius, 474
- Natalis, 582 (20th)
- Maximus the Schismatic,
- Justin, 840
- Marinus, before 886
- Theodosius,
Sources
- ↑ A history of Christianity in the Balkans
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matthew Spinka, A history of Christianity in the Balkans: a study in the spread of Byzantine culture among the Slavs, p. 19-20
- The grand strategy of the Byzantine Empire By Edward Luttwak, p. 164
- History of the bishops of Salona and Split