Vukdrag
| Vukdrag | |
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| čelnik [of the Serbian kingdom] | |
 Vukdrag founded the Church of St. John the Baptist in Dići, where he was buried in 1327. | |
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Titles and styles | |
| Born | Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | 8 May 1327 |
| Buried | Church of St. John the Baptist in Dići (near Ljig, central Serbia) |
| Spouse(s) | Vladislava (nun Ana) |
| Occupation | magnate |
Vukdrag (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукдраг;[a] d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as čelnik.[1] He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ktetor) the Raška style[2] church in Dići (near Ljig, central Serbia), below the Rudnik, before 1327, most likely as a family temple.[3] He must have had one of the important gubernatorial functions in the Rudnik oblast (province) during the reigns of kings Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) and Stefan Dečanski.[2] Unknown in historical sources,[4] he was buried in his church, where his gravestone inscription tells that he died on 8 May 1327,[5] on the Feast of the Ascension (Spasovdan),[6] and that he had taken monastic vows as Nikola (Никола) and [once] held the title of čelnik.[7] It is unclear if there was one or several individuals with that title at the court at that time; Đuraš Ilijić (fl. 1326–62) was mentioned with the title in 1326, and Gradislav Vojšić (fl. 1284–1327), for the second time, in 1327.[1] He was buried in a special tomb inside the church,[8] and his gravestone was set by his wife Vladislava (nun Ana).[9] The unearthing of the gravestone gave new facts in the understanding of the territorial contours of the Serbian state north of Rudnik at the end of the 13th- and beginning of 14th century.[10] The largest medieval necropolis in Serbia was unearthed around the church, with flat gravestones (more than 180 slabs) belonging to the oldest phase of the Stećak culture.[11]
Annotations
References
- 1 2 Blagojević 2001, p. 211.
- 1 2 Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo.
- ↑ Kalezić 2002, p. 553.
- ↑ Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo; Stamenković 2002, p. 499
- ↑ Đorđević, Vojvodić & Marković 2008, p. 481.
- 1 2 Novak 2009, p. 95.
- ↑ Janićijević 1998, p. 339; Blagojević 2001, p. 211
- ↑ Anthropologischer Anzeiger 2001, p. 114.
- ↑ Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo; Kalezić 2002, p. 553; Novak 2009, p. 95
- ↑ Stamenković 2002, p. 499; Erdeljan 1996, p. 86
- ↑ Stamenković 2002, p. 499.
- ↑ Blagojević 2001, p. 211, Janićijević 1998, p. 339, Erdeljan 1996
Sources
- Anthropologischer Anzeiger (2001). Anthropologischer Anzeiger. 59. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (E. Nägele). p. 114.
- Blagojević, Miloš (2001). Državna uprava u srpskim srednjovekovnim zemljama. Službeni list SRJ.
- Đorđević, Ivan M.; Vojvodić, Dragan; Marković, Miodrag (2008). Studije srpske srednjovekovne umetnosti. Zavod za Udžbenike. p. 481.
- Erdeljan, Jelena (1996). Medieval funerary monuments in the region of Ras. Arheološki institut, Beograd. ISBN 978-86-80093-10-9.
- Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The cultural treasury of Serbia. IDEA. p. 339.
- Kalezić, Dimitrije M. (2002). Enciklopedija pravoslavlja. Savremena administracija.
- Novak, Viktor (2009). Revue historique. 58. Istorijski institut u Beogradu. p. 95.
- Stamenković, Srboljub Đ. (2002). Geografska enciklopedija: naselja Srbije. Geografski fakultet. p. 499.
External links
- Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo. "Dići". Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Valjevo. (in Serbian)