List Of Djed Of The Bosnian Church
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This is a list of djed of the Bosnian Church, and it is a part of Batalo's Gospel manuscript, often called ''Red gospodina Rastudija'' (). The title ''djed'' (literally "grandfather") was used of the head of the indigenous Bosnian Church from the late 13th century into the 15th.


List of djed

The first twelve names on the list are found in a single column in a Gospel book made for the Bosnian nobleman
Batalo }; before 1391–1404), who is simply known as Batalo, in some research also Batal, was a medieval Bosnian nobleman from Lašva. He was the holder of the medieval Bosnian title of " tepčija". In Medieval Bosnia the title of tepčija appeared some ...
in 1393. They are listed in reverse order, with the name of the incumbent djed Rastudije first followed by his predecessors back to Ratko in the late 13th century. The list does not have dates for their reigns, but a few of them are known from other acts. If the list was complete at the time it was written down, then Ratko was either the first to use the title djed or represents a break in the history of the Bosnian church. J. V. A. Fine, Jr., ''The Bosnian Church: A New Interpretation'' (Boulder: East European Quarterly, 1975), pp. 155–57 and 215–19. *Ratko I (probably 1270s) *Boleslav *Miroslav (fl. 1305×7) *Radoslav I (fl. c. 1322) *Radoslav II *Povržen *Dragost *Hlapoje *Radovan I *Radovan II *Radoje *Rastudije (fl. 1393) *Radomir (fl. 1404) *Miloje (fl. 1446) *Ratko II (fl. c. 1450)


Batalo's other list

Another list, containing 16 names, appears in a column to the left of the list of djed in Batalo's Gospel. This has sometimes been taken for a list of Ratko's predecessors, but it does not line up with known data and how it should be read in relation to the other column is not clear. Three of the names—Dragič, Ljubin and Dražeta—are known from the
abjuration of Bilino Polje The Bilino Polje abjuration, also known as “Confessio Christianorum bosniensis”, was an act of alleged heresy abjuration by Bosnian clergy in presence of Ban Kulin and Giovanni da Casamari. It was signed by seven priors of the Bosnian Church ...
in 1203, so the list is perhaps a list of revered Bosnian monks (not bishops). * Jeremija * Azarija * Kukleč * Ivan * Godin * Tišemir * Didodrag * Bučina * Krač * Bratič * Budislav * Dragoš * Dragič * Ljubin * Dražeta * Tomiša


References

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Further reading

* Fine, J. V. A. "Aristodios and Rastudije – A Re-examination of the Question". ''Godiinjak drustva istorifara Borne i Hercegovine'', 16 (1965), pp. 223–29. 13th century in Bosnia 14th century in Bosnia 15th century in Bosnia Lists of Bosnia and Herzegovina people djed * * Bosnian Cyrillic texts Texts of medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina Medieval documents of Bosnia and Herzegovina Written monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina