{"title":"St. Gregory, the Patron Saint of Bosnia","authors":"E. Filipović","doi":"10.15170/spmnnv.2021.11.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/spmnnv.2021.11.04","url":null,"abstract":"This paper attempts to shed light on the fluctuating identity of the patron saint of medieval Bosnia. Using available written sources and surviving contemporary numismatic material from the fourteenth and fifteenth century, it presents a curious situation whereby in the late Middle Ages at least three different saints of the same name were revered as patrons of the realm. The author argues that the choice of the specific saints and the changes in their identity were motivated by the peculiar religious conditions in Bosnia where, in light of the Ottoman expansion in the Balkans, the existence of the schismatic Bosnian Church increased external pressure on the ruling structures within the Kingdom of Bosnia to finally accept Latin Christianity as the official state religion.","PeriodicalId":391066,"journal":{"name":"Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Medaevalis","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125933562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Life and Hungarian Legations of Cardinal Gregorius de Crescentio","authors":"G. Barabás","doi":"10.15170/spmnnv.2019.10.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/spmnnv.2019.10.03","url":null,"abstract":"The study deals with the ecclesiastical career and the Hungarian legations of Gregory, the cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1188–1200?), then the cardinal presbyter of S. Vitalis (1200?–1207?). Gregory was of noble origin and an important member of the college of cardinals at the end of the 12th and the outset of the 13th century. His activity in the service of the popes was quite complex, among other things he acted as auditor in the Curia and fulfilled diplomatic missions of various kinds as well. He visited the Hungarian Realm twice, first in 1199–1200 whilst his task was to help the reconciliation of King Emeric with his younger brothér, princé Andréw. Grégory’s sécond Hungarian légation covéréd a sériés of écclésiastical issués in 1207, for instancé hé invéstigatéd, whéthér thé éléction of thé king’s brothér-in-law, Berthold of Merania as archbishop of Kalocsa legitime was. Furthermore, the paper intends to analysé thé naturé of thé cardinal’s authorizations as wéll.","PeriodicalId":391066,"journal":{"name":"Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Medaevalis","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128694538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}