Gregory of Nin
Gregory of Nin (Croatian Gregory of Nin ) was about 900-929 bishop of Nin and Chancellor of the Croatian kingdom.
Life
As Tomislav was appointed king in 923, Bishop Gregory was already one of the leading representatives of the clergy in Croatia. At the Council of Split in 925 he claimed the title of episcopus Chroatorum. In the Croatian Nationalhistoriographie 19th Century him a role as a defender of worship was often awarded in the Slavonic language and the Glagolitic alphabet, but are in the traditional sources, in particular the acts of synods of 925 and 928, will not get any hints. Rather, the service was only marginally in the Slavonic language on the two synods topic. Rather, Dalmatia there was negotiated on the reorganization of some years before gone over to the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople Opel in the jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff ecclesiastical province. The bishopric of Nin was about the only diocese was founded in post-ancient times.
On the second Synod of the year 928, which also met in Split, the Ninische diocese was dissolved, and Gregory of Nin was assigned to the Diocese of Skradin. Gregory of Nin also lost the battle for the title of " Primate Dalmatiae " which was granted to the Bishopric Split the successor of the Diocese of Salona.
Monuments
Gregory of Nin is honored with three bronze statues. One of them is located near the Church of the Holy Arnir in Nin.
All three monuments created by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. The first monument was on 20 September 1931, the city of Varaždin given, the second slightly larger and more monumental is located in Split. A smaller replica of the statue was in honor of the nine hundredth anniversary of the bull of the Croatian King Petar Krešimir IV in Nin inaugurated on 10 September 1969.
This is the first time our sea (lat: mare nostrum ) mentions what many historians for a proof of the rule both over land and over the sea.
Many visitors splits touch the big left toe of the almost 10 -meter high monument, which they hope for a legend happiness and health.