Lawrence (Latin: ''Laurentinus''; Croatian: ''Lovro Dalmatinac''; died 8 July 1099) was a benedictine monk and
Archbishop of Split
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska ( hr, Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija; la, Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Croatia and Montenegro. (1060-1099). He first served as a bishop of
Osor, but had to withdraw because of his reformist stances. In 1060, he was elected as archbishop of Split on the ecclesial synod.
He was an agile enforcer of church reforms of
Pope Gregory VII, and as such, propagated the use of
Latin
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in liturgy. He ordered Adam of Paris who happened to be in
Split
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Arts, entertai ...
on the road from
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to
Athens
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to rewrite the old biographies of
Saint Domnius
Saint Domnius (also known as Saint Dujam or Saint Duje, Saint Domnio, Saint Doimus, or Saint Domninus) was a Bishop of Salona (today's Solin) around the year 300, and is venerated as the patron of the nearby city of Split in modern Croatia. S ...
and
Saint Anastasia in a more beautiful Latin.
The church of Split is said to have been quite wealthy during his tenure, because Lawrence was ''"respected by the kings and dukes of Sclavonia, who donated to the church of St. Domnius many villages and estates..."''. He was a friend and adviser of king
Zvonimir who, in turn, considered him to be his 'spiritual father'.
[Šišić F., Povijest Hrvata, pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda, str. 150.]
Lawrence, as the supreme authority in the Church in Croatia, came into possession of the Croatian crown after the outbreak of the dynastic struggle in the country, which remained in Split until his death on 8 July 1099. It is not known whom Lawrence supported in the war.
Footnotes
Literature
*''Goldstein, I., Hrvatski rani srednji vijek, Novi Liber, Zagreb, 1995.''
*''Novak, Grga, Povijest Splita, knjiga prva, Škuna, Split, 2005.''
*''Šišić, F., Povijest Hrvata, pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda, 600.-1526, Marjan tisak, Split, 2004.''
External links
*http://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=37290
*http://proleksis.lzmk.hr/2650/
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11th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia
1099 deaths
Archbishops of Split