A translation of the table of contents for volume III of Daniel Farlati’s Illyricum Sacrum, along with some notes. This covers the bishops of Spalato from the 7th Century up to the year of publication, 1765.

The Church of Spalato

The City and Church of Split. 1

1. The City. 1.

1. Origin, Location, and Description of Spalato.
2. On the civil state and various governments of the Spalatinas.

Notes on the City

1. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, later echoed by Thomas the Archdeacon and Micha Madius, say the City was called Spalatum as an abbreviation for the Latin Salonae Palatium, after the palace that Diocletian built there. The city however was observed to be much older than the Palace, originally being a Greek Colony.
2. Governments: Spalato was subject to several different rulers in the coming centuries: Byzantine, Franks, Venetians, and Hungarians.

2. The church of Spalato. 9.

1. On the Metropolitan and Primatial Law of the Church of Spalato.
2. On the Diocesan Law of the Church of Spalato.
3. About the Chapter of Spalato.

John of Ravenna, first Archbishop of Spalat. 19.

1. Excerpts concerning John, the first Archbishop of Spalatum. 19.

1. From the Episcopal Catalogues.
2. From Chapter 11 of Thomas the Archdeacon’s Historia Salonitana .

2. Acts of John before the Pontificate. 20.

1. Fatherland, ancestors, recruitment into the Roman clergy.
2. At what time, and on what matters, was John sent as an ambassador to Dalmatia?
3. John performed the Dalmatian Legation with distinction, and was elected the first Archbishop of Split.
4. John is consecrated Bishop in Rome, given the pallium, and, increased in title and power as Primate, returns to Split.

3. Acts of John, Archbishop of Spalato, up to the Baptism of the Slavs. 27.

1. Which John did brilliantly at the beginning of the Pontificate.
2. Dedication of the Temple of Diocletian.
3. John brought the bodies of the Holy Fathers Domnius and Anastasius, who had been transferred from Salona to Spalat, into the Metropolitan Church.
4. John surveys his Parish and Province according to the Apostolic and Episcopal rite.

4. On the Baptism of Croats and Serbs. 33.

1. On the first baptism of the Croats.
2. On the first baptism of the Serbs.
3. On the Second and Third Baptisms of the Slavs.

5. The rest of John’s deeds, death, and tomb. 40.

1. The last ten years of the Pontificate of Spalato.
2. On the death, sepulcher, and sepulchral inscription of John.
3. After 1200 years, the body of John, the first Bishop of Spalato, was discovered and found to be intact.

Notes on John

1. Primary source is Thomas the archdeacon’s Historiae Salonitanae
2. Farlati associates him with the 7th century Christianization of the croats and serbs mentioned by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
3. He was buried in the church of St. Matthew in Split. His tomb was rediscovered in 1700. Jerome Bernard spoke with witnesses of the discovery in 1724 who stated that his body was found incorrupt.

Peter, Marianus, Martin, Forminus, Gregorius, and other Archbishops of Spalato. 45.

Peter II., Leo, Ursus, 15th, 16th and 17th Archbishops of Spalato. 46.

Peter III. 18th Archbishop of Spalato. 47.

1. On the second Baptism of the Slavs. 47.

1. The Croats overthrow the Frankish empire and decide to embrace the Christian faith.
2. The Croats summon the priests from the city to be baptized according to the rite.

2. Peter, Archbishop of Spalato, wins for himself and for the Church the favor and benevolence of the Croatian Dukes. 49.

1. The will of the Duke of Mislav, the Croats, towards Peter and the Church of the Holy Lord, is favorable and strong.
2. Duke Tirpimiri’s excellent devotion towards Peter, and his singular generosity towards the Church of Spalato.

Notes on Peter III.

1. Mentioned in the Trpimir charter. A controversial document That includes the earliest reference of the Croatian people.

Justin I. 19th Archbishop of Spalato. 55

George II. 20th Archbishop of Spalato. 56.

1. On the Third baptism of the Slavs. 56.

1. First the Serbs, then the Narentines, embrace the Christian religion.
2. Whether the conversion of the Serbs and the Narentians is to be attributed to Cyril, and Methodius to the Apostles of the Slavs.
3. On the Dalmatian Apostolate of Cyril and Methodius, and the Serbs who were converted to the worship of Christ.
4. On the Conversion of the Narentines, and the Council of Dalmatia, and also on Pavlimir, King of the Serbs.

2. The defection of the Dalmatians from the Roman Patriarch. 71.

1. The cause of the Dalmatic defection must be attributed to the Oracles.
2. The Dalmatians and Chrobates fail under the pressure of Basil and Photius from the Roman Patriarch.

Notes on George II.

1. According to Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Narentines occupied the territory south of split, and derived their name from the Neretva river.
2. Pavlimir Belo, a legendary king mentioned in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja.

Marinus, 21st Archbishop of Spalato. 76.

1. The return of the Croats to the Roman Patriarch.
2. The Dalmatians resisted the Papal letters and warnings for some time. Letter of John VIII to the Bishops, Clergy, and People of Dalmatia.
3. The Dalmatians obey neither the exhortations nor the commands of the Pope; and Marinus is consecrated by the Patriarch of Aquileia.
4. The Dalmatians finally came to their senses and returned to their former obedience to the Roman Patriarch.

notes on Marinus.

1. Farati inserts John VIII’s letter urging the Salonans urging that the election of their next Archbishop should be consecrated by the Roman church.

Theodore II and Leo II, 22nd and 23rd Archbishops of Spalato. 80.

Peter IV. 24th Archbishop of Spalato. 81.

Notes on Peter IV.

1. Mentioned in the Muncimir Charter, a document that affirmed the the earlier Trpimir charter.

Justin II. 25th Archbishop of Spalato. 84.

John III. 26th Archbishop of Spalato. 84.

1. The National Council of Split. 87.

1. The reasons for the necessity of a council are explained.
2. The Bishops of Dalmatia, the Dukes of the Croats and Serbs, and the Priors of both nations request legates from the Apostolic See to settle controversies that pertained either to faith and religion or to ecclesiastical rite and discipline.
3. Epistle of John X. Pope to John III, Archbishop of Spalato, Bishop of the province of Spalato.
4. Letter of Pope John X to Tamislav, Duke of Croatia, and Michael, Duke of Chelm, to the Bishops, Priests, Nobles, and the People of Slavonia and Dalmatia.
5. Decrees of the National Council of Spalato.

2. The Dalmatian controversy over ecclesiastical jurisdiction was dragged out by the contentions of both parties for several years, and was finally settled at the second synod of Spalato by the authority and opinion of the Apostolic Legate Madalbert. 101.

1. Letter of Pope John X to John, Archbishop of Spalato and the Bishops of the province of Spalato.
2. Madalbert, Legate of the Apostolic See, having convened a Council, adjudicated the case to the Archbishop of Spalato, and restored and described to each diocese its ancient boundaries.
3. Leo VI confirms the acts and decrees of Madalbert, sends the Pallium to Metropolitan John, and letters to the Bishops of Dalmatia.
4. John III, Metropolitan of Spalato, increased the title of Primate by the addition of Chrobatia.

Notes on John III

1. Only 1 source that the 10th century councils happened. An extended edition of Thomas the Archdeacon’s Historiae Salonitanae, additions which do not appear in the oldest copies.
2. The first council was primarily concerned the use of Slavonic in mass, and ended with a rule to use Latin in mass.
3. The council also concluded that Spalato held the primacy due to its association with Saint Domnius.
4. Gregory of Nin contested the results, a second council was held. the primacy of Spalato was upheld and Gregory was transferred to be the bishop of Scardona.
5. 4 Papal letters associated with the councils: 3 from John X, 1 from Leo VI. There existence again only known from the Historiae Salonitanae. John writes to Duke Tamislav and Michael of Zahumlje encouraging the use of Latin in mass. He writes to John III concerning the same. After the first council, he writes encouraging John and Gregory to come to Rome to settle their dispute. No record exists that they ever went.
6. The second council is held to address the protest of Gregory of Nin. The results of the original council are upheld.
7. Leo VI becomes pope after John X dies. Leo writes a letter confirming the results of the second council and ordered Gregory transferred to be bishop of Scardona.

Fruntinianus, 27th Archbishop of Spalato. 109.

Martin III. 28th Archbishop of Spalato. 109.

Notes on Martin III.

1. The Pincius diploma alleges that the church of Michael the Archangel was dedicated to Martin. Thomas the Archdeacon mentions Martin in HIstoria Salonitana but not the diploma.

Peter V, 29th Archbishop of Spalato. 115.

Paul, 30th Archbishop of Spalato. 116.

Notes on Paul

1. He appears to have been the son of a Rector of the city.

Dabralis, 31st Archbishop of Spalato. 119.

1. The Church of Antibar, having been removed from the Metropolis of Spalato, is increased in title and right to the Metropolitan. 119

1. Why was the Metropolis of the Church of Antibar established in Dalmatia?
2. Description of the Province of Antibes and Spalato

2. Dabralis is deprived of the honor and administration of the episcopate for his crimes. 124.

1. The life and morals of Dabralis are utterly unworthy of the episcopal name and holiness.
2. Dabralis, condemned for lying to the Apostolic Legate, is forced into order.
3. On the successor of Dabralis

Notes on Dabralis

1. According to Thomas the Archdeacon, there was a regional council held in Spalato, but several bishops from the farther regions perished in a ship wreck. Antibar was made a metropolis in order that the bishops did not need to travel as far.
2. Dabralis had a wife and children and was stripped of his chair.

John IV. 32nd Archbishop of Spalato. 127.

1. The liturgy and the Slavonic language were again proscribed.
2. John IV. abdicates the pontificate. Laurentius is elevated from Absarenos to the See of Spalato.

Notes on John IV.

1. Thomas the Archdeacon says that he built the Church of Saint Felix.
2. A council in Spalato was said to be held where Slavonic was reintroduced. The records have not survived.

Lawrence, 33rd Archbishop of Spalato. 131.

1. Ecclesiastical Affairs of Spalat from 1060 to 1070. 134.

1. Lawrence illuminated the beginnings and progress of his Pontificate with outstanding virtues and deeds.
2. The Schism of the Croats.
3. Cardinal John, Apostolic Legate, sent to Dalmatia to extinguish the Schism.
4. King Krešimir, at the instigation of Laurentius, bestowed much on the Monasteries of the Church. Laurentius founded the Monastery of the Virgins of Spalat.

2. On the affairs of the Church of Spalato from the year 1070 to 1080. 140.

1. Two Councils, one at Adrianople, over which Laurentius presided, the other at Spalato, over which Gerard, the Apostolic Legate, presided.
2. Zvonimir, having gained possession of the lands in Croatia, by the hand of Archbishop Lawrence, demanded the title of King and the insignia from Gregory VII., and received them from his legates; he bound the kingdom by a special bond of faith, and by the law of tribute to the Apostolic See..
3. Zvonimir, King of Croatia and Dalmatia, adorns and increases the Church of Spalat with large diplomatic missions and gifts.
4. On the controversy between the bishops of Spalat and Regus

3. The Ecclesiastical History of Spalato from the year 1080 to 1100. 154.

1. Lawrence consecrated the Church of St. Peter in Selle, handed over the city church and the Church of St. Michael to the monks of St. Stephen. Zvonimir increased the ecclesiastical and monastic life with new benefactions and income.
2. Zvonimir, King of Croatia, dies. Stephen II ascends to the Kingdom. He grants two licenses, one to the Holy Virgins, the other to the Benedictine Monks of Spalato.
3. Lawrence confirms the judgment of the Bishop and Prior of Zadar according to Vekenega, a nun of the Zadar monastery.
4. Death of Lawrence, funeral, burial inscription.

Crescentius, 34th Archbishop of Spalato. 160.

1. The first six years of Crescentius, Archbishop of Spalato. 161.

1. He received the Pontifical pallium sent by Paschal II, and consecrated two suffrage bishops.
2. Crescentius rendered devoted service to the Apostolic Legate who was inspecting the province. He opened and identified the body of St. Domnius. He obtained from Colomanus the most extensive privilege for the Church of Spalato.
3. Archbishop Crescentius obtained the most favorable terms of surrender from King Colomanus.

The last six years of Crescentius Archbishop of Spalato. 165.

1. Two Provincial Councils were held under Archbishop Crecentius.
2. Death, burial, inscription of Archbishop Crescentius

Notes on Crescentius

1. Farlati publishes a letter from Paschal II confirming Crescentius.
2. The Hungarian King Coloman invaded Croatia at the beginning of the 12th century. Farlati publishes a diploma purported to be from him, confirming the property of the church, just like the Croatian kings had been said to have done before.

Manasses, 35th Archbishop of Spalato. 168.

Notes on Manasses

1. Thomas the Archdeacon says he was a native hungarian. He conspired with a certain Duke to have the city plundered, but the plot was foiled. Manasses left the city and never returned.

Pontifical Interregnum at Spalato. 170.

Gregory Elected Archbishop of Spalato. 171.

Notes on Gregory

1. Mentioned briefly by Thomas the Archdeacon. He was elected but died before he could take office.

Gaudius, 36th Archbishop of Spalato. 171.

1. The benefactions of the kings of Hungary bestowed upon Archbishop Gaudium and the church of Spalato. 172.

1. Gaudius receives consecration from the Archbishop of Strygon. He is rebuked by Pope Innocent for this, but at the request of King Bela he grants him pardon and the pallium.
2. Privileges granted to Géza II, King of Hungary, to the Church and the city of Spalato.
3. A meeting was held between the Canons of St. Domnius and the Monks of St. Stephen, with M. Henry, legate of Eugenius III, as arbitrator and mediator.

2. Reduction of the Province to the Dioceses of Spalato. 175.

1. The Church of Zadar, torn from its Metropolis, is granted the title and right of Metropolitan.
2. The Diocese of Spalatum has been reduced by the separation of the two provinces.

3. The remaining acts of Gaudius Archbishop of Spalato . 177.

1. Gaudius is satisfied and declares that nothing should be contributed by the clergy to the Archbishop when he goes to the sacred threshold.
2. Two Privileges of Geza the king of Hungary to Gaudius and the Church of Spalato.
3. Gaudius is deprived of the Pontifical office because the Bishop of Tragurion was not properly consecrated.

Notes on Gaudius

1. Farlati publishes a letter from Pope Innocent II, saying that Gaudius was incorrectly consecrated by the Archbishop of Strygon, but that the Hungarian king Bela has interceded on his behalf.
2. Diplomas from Bela’s son, Géza II, are presented, confirming the donations of previous kings, and also granting various political immunities to Spalato.
3. During his time, Zadar became a metropolitan, reducing Spalato’s influence.
4. He was deprived of his office for not properly following precedure to consecrate the Bishop of Trogir.

Absalon, 37th Archbishop of Spalato. 180.

Notes on Absalon

1. Absalon replaced Gaudius. He was a native Hungarian and was reportedly favored by the Hungarian king.
2. During his tenure, Alexander III became pope in a disputed election. Victor IV was elected antipope. Farlati records that Alexander sent legates to Dalmatia, and that Absalon was a supporter of his.
3. While spending a prolonged time at the courts of the Hungarian king, Absalon writes to Spalato to address his prolonged absence.
4. Farlati publishes a letter from Alexander III written to the Archbishop Lamprodius of Zadar concerning a law passed in Salona that had prohibited the sale of gifting of property to the church.

Peter VI Lombard. 38th Archbishop of Spalato. 182.

1. The Transfer of Peter from the Church of Narnia to the Metropolis of Spalato.
2. On the second epistle of Alexander to Peter, Archbishop of Spalato.
3. The benevolence and liberality of Stephen III, King of Hungary, towards Archbishop Peter and the Church of St. Domnius.
4. Sentence of Archbishop Peter according to the Benedictine Virgins of the Monastery of St. Thomas at Belgrade.
5. Epistle of Alexander III to Peter.
6. Peter advances into Hungary, and when he reaches Alba, he is seized with a fatal disease and dies a martyr’s death.

Notes On Peter VI

1. He shares a name, and lived at the same time as the famous theologian and bishop of Paris: Peter Lombard.
2. Thomas the archdeacon writes that he was previously the bishop of Narni in Italy.
3. A letter from Alexander III to Spalato informing them of Peter’s election to the archbishopric is published by Farlati.
4. Stephen III becomes King of Hungary. Farlati publishes a diploma from Stephen, similar in character to the diploma’s previously published.
5. Peter settles a property dispute over the land at Mocran, originally said to have been granted to the monastery by king Krešimir in 1066. He upholds the monastery as the rightful owners of the land. Farlati publishes the sentence issued, which he found in a manuscript: Membranaceo Privilegiorum Monasterii Belgradensis S. Joannis Evangelistae.
6. Peter corresponds with Alexander III in 1166. Alexander writes him a letter praising his devotion and encouraging him in his faith.
7. Alba, modern day Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

Cardinal Albert De Mora elected Archbishop of Spalato. 187.

Notes on Albert De Mora

1. The primary source comes from Thomas the Archdeacon. Albert, a papal legate, spent time in Dalmatia and became popular in Spalato. He was elected as the next Archbishop. A Count from the city named John raised opposition against him. To appease the people, Albert chose not to accept the election and left the city.
2. Farlati includes a letter from Alexander III, asking him not to accept the election.
3. 20 years later. Albert would be elected Pope Gregory VIII.

Gerard, 39th Archbishop of Spalato. 189.

1. Epistles of Alexander III, either written to Gerard, Archbishop of Spalato, or pertaining to. 189.

1. First letter of Pope Alexander to Gerard, Archbishop of Spalato.
2. Second letter to Gerard.
3. Third letter to Gerard.
4. Fourth letter to Gerard.
5. Fifth letter to the Spalato chapter.

2. Gerard is transferred to the Metropolitanate of Sipontina, and is ordered to retain the administration of the Church of Spalatina. 191.

1. The cause of certain matters is being investigated at the Apostolic See
2. Gerard accepted the archbishopric of Sipontin, without dismissing that of Spalato.

Saint Raynerius, 40th Archbishop of Spalato. 194.

1. The Life of Rayner before the Spalaten Pontificate. 194.

1. A monk of the Benedictine Order becomes Bishop of Cagli.
2. Raynerius was transferred from Callien to the Church of Spalat in 1775. He received the pallium when Alexander III gave it to him. He set out for Ravenna, entrusted with the silver furnishings of the Canonry of S. Maria in the Port, and boarded a ship. He arrived in Spalat to the great joy and congratulations of all. He diligently devoted himself to correcting the morals of the clergy and the people.

2. The Acts of Rayner during the Spalatan Pontificate. 195.

1. Letter of a Member of the Canon from Bologna to Rayner.
2. Raynerius settles the controversy between the bishops of Nonna and Senj.
3. Some Dalmatian monuments.
4. Raynerius, having learned of Alexander III’s landing at the island of Issa, and intending to approach the Pope for reasons of duty and honor, crossed there.
5. Alexander III’s letter to Rayner of Spalato and Michael Of Traguris
6. Alexander sends Raymond of Capella as ambassador to Dalmatia with letters to Raynerius.
7. Matthew of Nona’s epistle to Raynerius.
8. Letter of Gregory, Metropolitan of Bar, to Rayner, Archbishop of Spalato.
9. On the title of Legate of the Apostolic See, which Alexander in his letters attributes to Gerard and Rayner, Archbishops of Spalato.
10. Raynerius invites the Provincial bishops to the Third Lateran Council and travels with them to Rome.
11. On the Constantinople Legation of Archbishop Raynerius

3. Martyrdom and cult of Saint Rayner, Archbishop of Spalato. 204.

1. For Christ and the Church he faced a glorious death.
2. The sanctity of both Rayners’ life and death was proven by divine testimonies.
3. On the multiple translation and tomb of Rayner.
4. On the Cult of Saint Rayner.

Papal Interregnum of Spalato. 211.

1. Theobald, sent as an ambassador to Dalmatia by Alexander III, adjudicates the Church of Pharos to the Metropolis of Spalato.
2. Letter of Alexander III to Béla III, King of Hungary

Peter VII, 41st Archbishop of Spalato. 213.

1. Provincial Council of Spalato.
2. Comments on the Provincial Council.
3. Pope Urban III confirms the decrees of the Provincial Council of Spalato, and grants the power of preference to Peter the Archbishop of the Cross.
4. Peter, having left Spalato, is appointed to the metropolitan of Kalosca in Hungary.

Peter VIII 42nd Archbishop of Spalato. 222.

1. Pope Clement III confirms the possessions, taxes, metropolitan and diocesan rights of the Church of Spalt with a very extensive charter; he sends the pallium to Archbishop Peter.
2. Sentence of Archbishop Peter and the Chapter of Spalato according to the Virgins of St. Benedict.
3. He settled disputes between the Knights Templar and the Monks of saint Cosmas and Damian.
4. On certain controversies between Archbishop Peter, the Chapter, and the clergy of Spalato.
5. The controversies between the Archbishop and the Clergy, previously settled, are reintegrated.

Papal Interregnum of Spalato. 228.

Bernard, 43rd Archbishop of Spalato. 229.

1. On the life and deeds of Bernard before he assumed the Pontificate. 229.

1. His homeland, studies of the fine arts, monastic institute, and exceptional learning.
2. King Bela entrusted his son Emeric to Bernard, the prefect of Hungary, for education.
3. He is elected to the Archbishopric of Spalato, and with the approval of Innocent III, he is consecrated.

2. Acts of Bernard, Archbishop of Spalato. 231.

1. He keenly pursues the heretics.
2. He shared certain estates with the Virgins of Spalato by a very generous charter.
3. King Emeric’s singular kindness towards Bernard.
4. When civil war broke out between the brothers Emeric and Andrew, Bernard, taking neither side, retained the favor of both sons.
5. Bernard, for having provided aid to the Zadar, turned the anger and vengeance of the Venetians against himself.
6. After Henry died, his brother Andrew succeeded to the Kingdom of Hungary, and by a most generous diplomatic gesture he shared the rights and goods of the Church of Spalat with him.
7. Under the auspices of Bernard, a new altar to St. Anastasius was erected, and its worship increased.
8. On the controversy between Bernard and the Chapter.
9. Of the Provincial Bishops consecrated by Bernard,
10. Bernard, invited by papal letters, attended the Fourth Lateran Council.
11. Bernard died while King Andrew of Hungary was in Split, having tried in vain to force a certain cleric from the royal court into the Archbishopric.

Slavizus, Archbishop Elect of Spalato. 243.

Guncellus, 44th Archbishop of Spalato. 245.

1. Election and Consescration of Guncellus. 245.

1. At the insistence and urging of the people, although unwillingly, yet with the consent of the primary Canons, Guncellus is elected Archbishop.
2. Guncellus, summoned and desired, came to Spalato, but disappointed the expectations of the Spalatans; by the command of Honorius he was consecrated by Robert, Bishop of Vespri.
3. Three Epistles of Honorius, two to the Chapter, the third to the Chapter and the Clergy of Spalato.

2. On the Dalmatian and Hungarian legation of Aconcius. The subdeacons in charge of the pontifical chapel. 248.

1. Of the piracy of the Omiš, whom Aconcius pacified by land and sea.
2. Honorius sent a pallium to Guncellus, who requested it, to be given to him by the Bishop of Vespri.
3. Aconcius corrected the depraved morals of the clergy and people of Spalato, but Guncellus, having been delayed by the tradition of the Pallium, forbade episcopal functions.
4. Guncellus sets out for Rome by order of Anconcius. Aconcius departs for Bosnia.
5. Honorius ordered the legate Aconcius to deliver the pallium to the archbishop Guncellus.

3. On the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Spalatans up to the year 1230. 254.

1. Guncellus, unqisely and rashly, both exempted the city from the interdict and then forced the Spalatans to abandon the construction of a fort near the villa of Saint Domnius.
2. Guncellus, at the urging of Treguanus, Bishop of Tragurius, postponed his plan to leave for Rome until another time. He resolved the ecclesiastical controversy.
3. On the provincial bishops whom Guncellus concescrated.
4. Archbishop Guncellus awarded certain possessions in the territory of Rogovita to Abbot Robert and the monks of St. Cosmas and Damian.

4. On the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Spalatans from 1230 to 1240. 258.

1. Guncellus reluctantly accepted Thomas, who had been elected Archdeacon, into that position of dignity, and he could not tolerate his annoying admonisher.
2. The dispute between the Archbishop and the Archdeacon, which became increasingly heated, divided the Chapter and the clergy of Spalaten into opposing parties. The Roman Curia intervened and favored the Archdeacon, and resolved that distrust.
3. Death of Archbishop Guncellus.

Stephen, Bishop of Zagreb, elected Archbishop of Spalato. 262.

1. John, Count of Modrufa and Vinodolii, the power or Rector of Spalat, judged certain estates of the Island of Solta according to the monks of St. Stephen.
2. Thomas the Archdeacon and the Canons confirm the election of Leonard, abbot of St. Stephen; hence a sedition arises; there is a clamor and rush from all sides to St. Stephen; the monastery is plundered; the Archdeacon, Canons, and Monks are fined; Leonard is forced to step down; John Potesta offers himself as leader to the excited multitude, and approves of the deed.

Thomas Archdeacon elected Archbishop of Spalato. 265.

1. Archdeacon Thomas was elected to the highest priesthood of Spalato by the votes of almost all the Canons, which he neither accepted nor refused.
2. The people are in an uproar. Bernard orders the Clergy to be forbidden water and fire, unless they renew the election of the Archdeacon. Thomas, anxious to quell the uproar and revoke the concord, immediately renounces the Pontificate that was brought to him.

Hugrin, 45th Archbishop of Spalato. 267.

1. On Hugrin’s election, more necessary than voluntary, and his arrival in the city. 267.

1. Bela recommends Hugrin to the Spalaten legates, so that they may see to it that he is elected to the Spalaten archbishopric. The archdeacon and canons refuse. The Spalaten send a handwritten note of the election to the King.
2. The Spalato people extort the consent of the Chapter to elect Hugrin; they compel Thomas, Archdeacon, to go to Hungary to celebrate the election of Hugrin, whom the King himself led into Dalmatia.

2. Acts of Hugrin, elected Archbishop and Count of Spalato, consecration, assumption of the Pallium, death. 269.

1. On the deeds of Hugrin, elected Archbishop and Count of Spalato.
2. With the consent of Innocent IV, Hugrinus received episcopal consecration and the pontifical pallium.
3. The Hungarian, nearing death, publicly confessed to the Canons and others who were present about certain things he had wrongly cut off, and gave remarkable evidence of his penitent spirit. He died piously, before he had thought of using the mantle given to him for Pontifical functions.

John, bishop of Scardon, elected Archbishop of Spalato. 273.

1. John, from the Dominican family of Scardon, Bishop, is elected Archbishop of Spalato.
2. Innocent IV. rejected the proposal of the Spalaten legates, and, with the election of John, he decreed that Roger, who was a friend of Cardinal John, should be the bishop of Spalato.

Roger, 46th Archbishop of Spalato. 274.

1. Roger was keen and industrious in increasing the income of the Church, splendid and magnificent in his diet and worship, from Thomas the Archdeacon.
2. The vigil of the Archbishop of the monastery of St. Stephen of Pinnis, and the consecration of the church of St. Michael, to which the Presbyter Grabcius of the Pincian tribe is appointed.
3. Roger withdrew from Split for a time, while Conrad, King of Sicily, was passing through there, intending to pass on to Apulia, to whom Innocent IV had forbidden the assembly of the pious and sacred things.
4. King Bela comes to Dalmatia ; he spends his time in the monastery of St. Peter between Salona and Trogir; he approaches Spalato; he accuses Roger of not having approved the priesthood of Spalato, but he treats the prefect with great honor.
5. Roger grants favor and aid to the Sibenik people who are eager to obtain the Episcopal See.
6. Two legal acts of Archbishop Roger.
7. Roger tries in vain to appease Queen Mary of Hungary, who is angry with the Spalatinas.
8. The extreme illness of Archbishop Roger, testament, death, funeral, inscription.

John V. 47th Archbishop of Spalato. 280.

The first ten years of the Archbishop John. 280.

1. He took Sibenik to restore the badly damaged discipline of the clergy and monastic orders.
2. The judges of the City of Spalato, by common consent of all, transfer the Church of St. Lawrence of Platca, including the Priesthood of that parish, to the Archdeacon and Chapter of Spalato.
3. Death of Thomas the Archdeacon.
4. Duymus, Thomas’s successor, and the Canons of Spalat, according to the response given by Alexander III. to Archbishop Rayner, confirm what was received by ancient custom, that if any Cleric should pass away after the Kalends of March, he may bequeath by will all the fruits of the Priesthood to be received in that year to whom he wishes, and may order them to be spent on whatever uses he wishes at his discretion; and they decree that Canons should also enjoy this privilege.
5. Archbishop John, in order to enlarge the Monastery of the Preachers, annexed part of the Archbishop’s garden.
6. Archbishop John duly and publicly testifies that he has no right to Lickham, about which he had brought a lawsuit against Stephen, Bishop of Nonna.
7. Epistle of John the Metropolitan to the Bishop, Provincial.
8. The Sibenik people extort from Metropolitan John the approval of him, whom they had elected as Bishop.
9. John went to Hungary to King Ladislaus to recover the goods of his Church.

The remaining acts and the death of John the Metropolitan. 289.

1. On the Dalmatian and Hungarian Legation of Philip, Bishop of Fermo.
2. The Provincial Synod of Split was held by mandate of Pope Nicholas III.
3. Two Acts of John the Archbishop, one written and engraved by Zadar, the other by Trogir.
4. John sharply rebukes Bishop Nicholas of Scardon for daring to perform the Pontifical functions of Sibenik and to violate the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Tragur.
5. Death of John.

Jacob the Archdeacon elected Archbishop of Spalato. 294.

Peter IX. 48th Archbishop of Spalato. 295.

1. The first ten years of Archbishop Peter. 296.

1. Peter, by the authority and mandate of Boniface VIII, together with Archbishop Henry of Zadar, endowed Sibenik with the right of city status and decorated it with an Episcopal See. He restored the Episcopate of Macareno to Dumnen.
2. Archbishop Peter received Charles Martel, son of Charles II, King of Sicily, with great honor when he arrived in Spalato; and three years later he was considered by the people of Spalato and the Dalmatians to be their legitimate King.
3. Peter, having rejected Lampridius, gave to the Pharsians Bishop Lawrence.

2. The ten intermediate years of the Pontificate of Peter, Metropolitan of Spalato. 299.

1. On the Hungarian and Dalmatian legation of Cardinal Gentilis, Priest, and on his deeds in Dalmatia.
2. Archbishop Peter, after having built the monastery and church of St. Clare, consecrated the latter and bestowed upon it a large immunity.
3. Cardinal Gentilis, the legate to Metropolitan Peter, forbade all ecclesiastical administration and all sacrificial duties; and entrusted the administration of the Church of Spalato to the Chapter.
4. Archbishop Peter was invited to the Council of Vienna because of the censures, which he was later convicted of, and he was unable to attend.
5. Apology of Peter, Archbishop of Spalato, who strives to avenge himself from the insults inflicted on him by the Gentile Legate.

3. The rest of the events, and the death of Archbishop Peter. 306.

1. Peter, having been freed from the bonds of the Church, by which he was bound, is restored to his integrity.
2. On the death of Archbishop Peter and his successor.

Balian. 49th Archbishop of Spalato. 308.

1. The arrival of Archbishop Balian in the city, and two decrees enacted by him.
2. On the Legation of Cardinal Bertrand, and His Letter to Balian.
3. Bertrand’s second letter to Balian.
4. The Apocha or Schedule of Cardinal Bertrand, the Legate, attesting that he has been fully satisfied by Balian and the Bishops of the Province of Spalt.
5. Death of Archbishop Balian.

Dominic Luccarus, 50th Archbishop of Spalato. 312.

1. The first ten years of Dominic, Archbishop of Spalato.

1. He devoted himself diligently to protecting the episcopal dignity and conserving the goods of the Church.
2. Dominic, Archbishop of Spalato, sent as an Orator to Charles, King of Hungary, who was passing through Dalmatia into Italy.
3. By order of the Pope, Dominic is ordered to extend favor and aid to John, Bishop of Siena, against Bernard, elected by the Canons.

2. The ten subsequent years of Dominic, Archbishop of Spalato. 317.

1. The wealth of the sacred treasury of the Church of Spalato.
2. Provincial Council of Spalato.
3. The controversy over the castle of Almenses between Archbishop Dominic and Bishop Valentinus of Macarena.
4. The Senate of Venice arranged for Archbishop Dominic to present his prayers to the Apostolic See so that he could obtain the episcopate of Knin from Dominic the younger of Lucca, born of his brother’s son.
5. Of the plague of Spalato, and the death of Archbishop Dominic.

Peregrinus Elected Archbishop of Spalato. 325.

Hugolinus De Branca or Malabranca, 51st Archbishop of Spalato. 325.

1. Archbishop Hugolinus, together with Archdeacon Dominic and four men of Spalato from the order of Patritius, was sent as an ambassador to King Louis of Hungary and conducted the affairs of his Church usefully. He appointed arbitrators to the men of Spalato and Zagreb, together with the Metropolitan of Zagreb, to settle the dispute.
2. Violation of the Episcopal person is subject to the same laws and penalties as are provided for public power.
3. Hugolinus, together with the clergy of Spalato, paid tithes to the Pontifical Quaestor, and was released from ecclesiastical bonds, if any he was bound to because of the delayed payment.
4. Hugolinus orders that those who attempted to divert the archiepiscopal tithes and who inflicted injuries on their collectors be publicly denounced as being excommunicated from the Church.
5. Hugolinus voluntarily deposed the Pontificate of Spalato.

Andreas Gualdus, 52nd Archbishop of Spalato. 332.

1. The notable benevolence of Tvrtko and Dabiša, kings of Bosnia, toward Andreas and the Church of Spalato. 333.

1. The benefits of King Stephen bestowed upon Andrew and his Church
2. Andrew implores the authority of the Pontifical Council to exact the tithes due to him.
3. Stephen, King Bosnia, was just as kind and benevolent as his predecessor to Andrew.

2. The excellent will and benevolence of King Sigismund of Hungary towards Andrew and the Church of Spalato. 336.

1. Andrew, relying on Sigismund’s favor and grace, diligently takes care of the accounts and affairs of his Church.
2. Andreas took care to have the estates and goods of the Church of Spalato surveyed and described by royal mandate.
3. Another recognition and recension of the lands of the Church of Spalato by royal mandate left by the Chapter of Tinnien.
4. Andrew forgave and confounded the perpetuity of certain privileges of the Church.
5. Andrew provided excellent advice on ecclesiastical immunity.
6. The Opulence of the Sacred Treasury of the Church of Spalato.

3. Archbishop Andrew is said to have been the author of the discord of Spalato, which divided the city into two factions, the Intrinsic and the Extrinsic. 350.

1. On the causes and beginnings of the dissensions of Spalato, into which Andrew imprudently involved himself.
2. Archbishop Andrew, together with Chrysogonus, Bishop of Tragur, settled the war between the people of Spalato and the people of Tragur.
3. Archbishop Andrew is vindicated from certain graver slanders.
4. Archbishop Andrew of Spalato abdicated. Time and causes of abdication.

Marin A Cuthies, Elected Archbishop of Spalato. 357.

Peregrin of Aragon, 53rd Archbishop of Spalato. 358.

Domnius De Judicibus, 54th Archbishop of Spalato. 361.

1. Letter of Sigismund to the Bishops and Leaders of the Church and Province of Spalat. They are ordered to receive Andreas Gualdus into the Archbishopric, having rejected both Domnius the Archdeacon and Peter the Bishop of Feventinus.
2. Domnius, elected Archbishop, carried out the embassy imposed on him by the people of Spalato to Sigismund at their request.
3. John XXIII, at the Council of Constance, at the request of Sigismund, confirmed the Archbishopric of Domnius by Apostolic authority.
4. Archbishop Domnius ordered the noble architect Nicolas of Spalato to preside over the completion of the Tower of St. Domnius.
5. The surrender of the Spalatinas, who were returning to Venetian rule, provided Domnius with a reason to abandon the Church and the city.
6. Domnius, having abandoned the See of Spalato, retired to Hungary.

Peter X, 55th Archbishop of Spalato. 368.

1. Peter built a new altar for St. Domnius, very elegant and magnificent, and endowed it with precious furnishings.
2. By order of Martin V, Peter released the people of Spalato from the bond of anathema, with which they had been bound because of the unjust treatment of two Archbishops.
3. Peter, having made a will, dies piously.

Francesco Malipiero, 56th Archbishop of Spalato. 371.

Bartholomew Zabarella. 57th Archbishop of Spalato. 374.

1. On the life and deeds of Bartholomew before the Archbishopric of Spalato.
2. The glorious deeds of Bartholomew, while he presided over the Church of Spalato.
3. The remaining acts of Bartholomew after being dismissed from the Archbishopric of Spalato.
4. Highly honorable testimonies of illustrious men concerning Bartholomew, Archbishop of Spalato and Florence.

Jacobin Badoer, 58th Archbishop of Spalato. 384.

1. Jacobin recovered from the Church of Spalato the tithes of the territory of Klis and Cetina
2. With the consent of Archbishop Jacobinus and Count Alexander Marcellus, the Procurators of the Metropolitan Church commissioned the chapel and altar of St. Anastasius to be built by George the Architect.
3. The sentence of Donatus Barbarius, the Praetor, according to the Jacobin Archbishop, who had disputes about the boundaries of the Villa Sussaraz with certain citizens of Spalato.
4. The Venetian duke and senate, at Jacobin’s request, repealed the Spalato law, which was unfair to the Church, religion, and piety.
5. Death and Testament of Archbishop Jacobin.

Lorenzo Zanni. 59th Archbishop of Spalato. 390.

1. Acts of Lorenzo, Archbishop of Spalato.
2. Acts of Lawrence after the deposition of the pontificate of Spalato.

John VI Zanettinus 60th Archbishop of Spalato. 400.

Peter XI Cardinal Fuscarus 61st Archbishop of Spalato. 402.

Bartholomew II Averoldus 62nd Archbishop of Spalato. 404.

1. On the monastic life of Bartholomew Averoldus before the Archbishopric of Spalato.
2. On the Archbishopric of Spalato of Bartholomew Averoldi.

Appendix To the 14th or 15th century. 412.

Notes on Appendix.

1. Farlati details the council held during this time.

Bernard Zanne. 63rd Archbishop of Spalato. 422.

Pontifical Acts. 424.

1. The arrival of Bernard, and the things he accomplished, at the very beginning of the Pontificate of Spalato.
2. adverse events with which both the Archbishop, the Metropolis and the city of Spalato struggled for three years.
3. Various and troubling events delight the Archbishop’s mind and stimulate him to take precautions.
4. Laws enacted by the Archbishop to restore discipline in the city as well as in the diocese.

The remaining events and the death of Bernard. 431.

1. He went to the Lateran Council, and his work there was great.
2. He abdicated the Archbishopric of Spalato, and died in Rome three years later.

Andreas Cornelius and Marcus Cornelius, 64th and 65th Archbishops of Spalato. 435.

1. Acts of Archbishop Andreas, and the affairs of Dalmatia and Spalato before his arrival in the city.
2. Andreas came to Split, visited the diocese, and promulgated excellent laws to restore the discipline of the Clergy and the people.
3. Andreas designated his nephew Marcus Cornelius as his successor in the See of Spalato.
4. The Turks take possession of Klis, a town in the Diocese of Spalato. They declare war on the Venetians.
5. Andreas took care to have the census or description of the honors of the Archbishop’s table copied from the old book, and to have it reviewed and approved by the Chapter of Spalato.
6. Archbishop Andreas died in Italy, and attended the Council of Trent.
7. The remaining acts of Andreas, Archbishop of Spalato.
8. On the Pontificate of Marcus Cornelius of Spalato.

Aloysius Michaelius 66th bishop of Spalato. 458.

1. Acts of Aloysius Michaelius Archbishop of Spalato.
2. Pius V forbids the priesthood of the Church and Diocese of Spalato, of whatever kind, to be conferred on foreign priests or clerics.
3. On the Cyprus war, in which Dalmatia was also burned. The military virtue of the clergy of Spalato.
4. The canons and clerics of Spalato, summoned to Venice by the Archbishop of Venice for their trial by the papal legate, are forbidden to leave the city.
5. Aloysius appointed an assistant with the right of succession, to whom he would relinquish the archiepiscopal administration.

John Dominic Marcot, or Foconius, 67th Archbishop of Spalato. 463.

1. Acts of Archbishop John Dominic, while he held the name and office of Assistant. 464.

1. He surveys the diocese, attempts to restore the fallen morals of Omiš, and increases the College of Canons with his income.
2. On the Apostolic visitation of Venetian Dalmatia entrusted to Augustine Valerius, Bishop of Verona.
3. Augustinus Valerius, the Apostolic Visitor, convened the National Council of Zadar.
4. Letter of Gregory XIII to Dominic, elected Archbishop of Spalato.
5. He founded a seminary for clerics.

2. Acts of Dominic Marcot or Foconius, who attained full archiepiscopal rights. 470.

1. The Metropolitan authority grants the citizen of Trogir the faculty to be initiated into clerical tonsure by any Catholic Bishop.
2. Dominic Foconius, accused and acquitted once and again before the Apostolic See. Two letters from the Cardinal of Sens, one to the Archbishop, the other to the Chapter of Spalato, written in the name of the Sacred Congregation of Cardinals.
3. Expostulation of the Nobles and Commons of Spalato against the Archbishop.
4. On the Provincial Council of Spalato.
5. On the discovery of St. Felix, bishop and martyr, killed for Christ at Spalato.
6. Klis was recovered from the Turks, and then lost again. Three canons of Spalato were killed in battle.

Marcus Antonio de Dominis. 68th Archbishop of Spalato. 481.

1. Marcus Antonio having begun his Pontificate with good beginnings, aroused great expectations for himself. The Decrees of Michele Priuli, Bishop of Vicenza, Apostolic Visitor in Dalmatia.
2. Marcus Antonio tries to diminish the rights of the chapter, but the Duke and the Venetian Senate order that those rights be preserved.
3. On the controversy which Marcus Antonius had with Martius Andreucci over the pension imposed on him.
4. Marcus Antonio inspected the diocese. He issued constitutions, which, while they granted the privileges of the Chapter, were subject to the judgment and correction of the Sacred Congregation.
5. A very bitter dispute about ecclesiastical jurisdiction between Marco Antonio, metropolitan of Spalato, and Martius, bishop of Trogir.
6. He seeks to demand and recall the ordination of clerics to the old discipline of the Church.
7. He abdicates his archbishopric, designates his successor, and, abandoning his faith and the Church, flees to England.

Sfortia Ponzonus. 69th Archbishop of Spalato. 500.

1. The Acts of Sfortia Ponzonus up to 1625.
2. Acts and Decrees of Octavian Garzador, Archbishop of Zadar, and Apostolic Visitor.
3. He obtained a diploma from the King of the Turks to protect and recover ecclesiastical property.
4. He protects the right and name of the Primate, and, confirmed by the judgment of the Sacred Roman Rota, he forbade it to his children and his successors.
5. He set out for Venice and died there.

Notes on Sfortia Ponzonus

1. “With great labor and tireless study, he searched for all the charters, rights, and privileges of the Church of Spalato, wrote them down with his own hand from ancient manuscripts, assembled them into seven books, and, for the variety of the things, began each one according to his own will, without distinction from others. To these books he prefixed these titles, each his own.”

Leonardus Bondumerius. 70th Archbishop of Spalato. 506.

Bonifacius Albanus. 71st Archbishop of Splato. 510.

Notes on Bonifacius Albanus

1. He was a member of the Somaschi Fathers. Nicolaus petricellus wrote a brief history of his life.

Stephan Cosmus. 72nd Archbishop of Spalato. 514.

1. In the Turkish Peloponnesian War he accomplished many praiseworthy deeds for the republic and Christianity.
2. A very honorable testimony from Archbishop Cosmas, Canon of the Metropolitan House.
3. Works of religion and piety instituted by Cosmus.
4. Two Papal Diplomats.
5. He entrusts the task of visiting the diocese to Stephen Cupillus, Bishop of Trogir.
6. The daily and domestic life of Cosmos.

Stefano Cupilli. 73rd Archbishop of Spalato. 532.

1. He ardently desired and took the greatest care that the Fathers of the Society of Jesus should have a stable residence in Dalmatia, and be provided with suitable guardians.
2. Letter of Jean VIII César Rousseau de la Parisière, Bishop of Nîmes, to Stephen, Archbishop of Spalato, and his response to him.
3. On the charity of Archbishop Stephen towards his Chapter and Clergy.
4. Letter of Stephanus Cupillus, Archbishop of Spalato, to the Sacred Congregation.

John Baptist Laghi, 74th Archbishop of Spalato. 549.

1. He strives for the benefit and dignity of the Chapter of Spalato.

Antonius Kadcich, 75th Archbishop of Spalato. 553.

Pacifico Bizza. 76th Archbishop of Spalato. 557

1. Acts of Pacifico in the Pontificate of Spalato.
2. He increased the Spalatan Seminary, and established one in Omiš.
3. On the study and work contributed to the history of the Sacred Illyrians.
4. Death & Testament of Archbishop Pacifico.

Notes on Pacifico

1. Educated at Padua, He collaborated with Filippo Riceputi on collecting manuscripts on the history of Illyria. Farlati calls him a founder of Illyrian History.
2. He was fluent in Slavonic and opened a slavonic Seminary in Omiš in 1750.

Nicolaus Dinaricius. 77th Archbishop of Spalato. 566

Notes on Dinaricius

1. Educated at the Spalatan Seminary and then Padua. He was Archbishop from 1757 to 1764, one year prior to the publication of this volume.
2. He was said to give his sermons in both Italian and Croatian.