Manuel I granted tax exemptions & ordered praktikon for Theotokos Eleousa

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Dates:
1152 January 
Alypios, villager at Leaskobitza (Macedonia) (Alypios 102)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Leaskobitza had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Andronikos 110, Markos 102, Blasios 111, Gregorios 138, Niketas 151 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.5
Andronikos tou Rhodionos, villager at Leaskobitza (Macedonia) (Andronikos 110)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Leaskobitza had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Markos 102, Blasios 111, Alypios 102, Gregorios 138, Niketas 151 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.5
Chrysoberges, official in sekreton of megas logariastes (Anonymus 574)
  • Copied (or issued?) in the sekreton of the megas logariastes a decree (of Manuel 1) for the Theotokos Eleousa exempting from taxation its 12 paroikoi, ordering a praktikon to be prepared and forbidding the local bishop from meddling in its affairs (in February of the 15th indiction (1152):κατὰ μῆνα φεβρουάριον ἰνδικτιῶνος ιε´) Eleousa: Acts 37.14-16
Basileios Romaios, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Basileios 191)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Beales, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Beales 101)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Beales, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Beales 102)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Blasios tou Zorou, villager at Leaskobitza (Macedonia) (Blasios 111)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Leaskobitza had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Andronikos 110, Markos 102, Alypios 102, Gregorios 138, Niketas 151 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.7
Demetrios Pseres, witness to Eleousa document (Demetrios 149)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) Eleousa: Acts 45.21-24
Dionysios, hegoumenos of Theotokos Eleousa at Stroumitza (Dionysios 105)
  • Requested the emperor (Manuel 1) to exempt from any fiscal obligations the paroikoi granted to the monastery who had become zeugaratoi by now, to confirm ownership of their properties, and to protect the monastery from the local bishop (:) Eleousa: Acts 34.15-35.27
  • His request was granted and he took the decree issued by the emperor (Manuel 1) to Michael 219 (on Monday, July 7 of the 15th indiction, in the year 6660 (1152):τὴν ἑβδόμην τοῦ ἰουλίου μηνὸς τῆς νῦν τρεχούσης ιε ´ ἰνδικτιῶνος τοῦ ,ςχξ ´ ἔτους, ἡμέρα δευτέρα) Eleousa: Acts 34.4-14, 37.19-22
Georgios Serbos, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Georgios 199)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Georgios, nephew of bishop of Stroumitza Klemes (Georgios 200)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) Eleousa: Acts 45.17-20
Gregorios, priest at Leaskobitza (Macedonia) (Gregorios 138)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Leaskobitza had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa: in association with Andronikos 110, Markos 102, Blasios 111, Alypios 102, Niketas 151 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9
Ioannes tou Galenou, villager near Eleousa (Macedonia) (Ioannes 307)
  • Signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219 for the land to be distributed among the paroikoi of the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa (:) Σίγνον Ἰωάννου τοῦ Γαληνοῦ Eleousa: Acts 45.3
Ioannes Argyropoulos, witness to Eleousa document (Ioannes 308)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) Eleousa: Acts 45.29-32
Ioannes Hagiobarbarites, witness to Eleousa document (Ioannes 309)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) Eleousa: Acts 45.33-36
Ioannes Spanopoulos, nomikos of Stroumitza (Ioannes 310)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi, and wrote down and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) τὸ παρὸν πρακτικὸν γράψας Eleousa: Acts 46.1-2
Ivan, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Ivan 104)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Klemes, bishop of Stroumitza (Macedonia) (Klemes 106)
  • Compared the existing copy of the Rule and finding it to be exact, signed it (:) τὸ παρὸν ἴσον τῆς διατάξεως ἀντιβαλὼν καὶ ἰσαζον εὑρὼν ὑπέγραψα Eleousa: Typikon 93.29-30
  • Accompanied Michael 219 and other notables to Mostenitza, the metochion of the Theotokos Eleousa at Roulina, in order to register the paroikoi of the monastery living there (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-10
Konstantinos Theologites, official of sekreton of the oikeiaka (Konstantinos 204)
  • Copied in the sekreton ton oikeiakon a decree (of Manuel 1) issued for the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa exempting from taxation its 12 paroikoi, ordering a praktikon to be prepared and forbidding the local bishop from meddling in its affairs (in February of the 15th indiction (1152):μηνὶ φεβρουαρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιε´) Eleousa: Acts 37.16-18
Konstantinos, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Konstantinos 205)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Konstantinos Koro, elderly villager at Kontaraton (Macedonia) (Konstantinos 206)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Kontaraton had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed with his own hand the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Malorados 101, Tzernos 103, Seiro 101 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.1
Konstantinos Spanopoulos, witness to Eleousa document (Konstantinos 207)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) Eleousa: Acts 45.13-16
Malorados, priest at Kontaraton (Macedonia) (Malorados 101)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Kontaraton had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa: in association with Konstantinos 206, Tzernos 103, Seiro 101 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (Manuel 1)
  • Following a request by the hegoumenos of the Theotokos Eleousa Dionysios 105, he issued a decree for the monastery which he signed in red ink and sealed in wax (in January of the 15th indiction (1152):μηνὶ ἰαννουαρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιε´) ἡ διὰ κηροῦ συνήθης σφραγὶς τῆς ἁγίας αὐτοῦ βασιλείας Eleousa: Acts 34.15-37.13
  • Confirmed to the Theotokos Eleousa and exempted from taxation its 12 paroikoi who had become zeugaratoi, ordered a praktikon to be prepared by the representative of the kaisar at Stroumitza (Michael 219), and forbade the local bishop from meddling (in January of the 15th indiction (1152):μηνὶ ἰαννουαρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιε´) Eleousa: Acts 36.5-37.10
Markos tou Symeonitze, villager at Leaskobitza (Macedonia) (Markos 102)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Leaskobitza had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Andronikos 110, Blasios 111, Alypios 102, Gregorios 138, Niketas 151 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.5-6
Michael Tzagkitzakes, official in Stroumitza (Michael 219)
  • Having found 1176 modioi of land for the paroikoi of the Eleousa out of which only 749 were available for distribution among them, he sought more land, found 100 uncultivated modioi at Pontikoekklesia and thus obtained a total of 849 modioi (:) Eleousa: Acts 44.9-21
  • Unable to measure the land to be given to the 12 paroikoi of Eleousa, he calculated that 1000 modioi were needed and proceeded to identify with the help of local villagers uncultivated land belonging (?) to the monastery at Kontaraton and Leaskobitza (:) Eleousa: Acts 39.9-43.21
  • Was brought by Dionysios 105 the imperial decree (of Manuel 1) requesting him to prepare a praktikon for the land owned by the 12 paroikoi of the Theotokos Eleousa who had become zeugaratoi (on Monday, July 7 of the 15th indiction, in the year 6660 (1152):τὴν ἑβδόμην τοῦ ἰουλίου μηνὸς τῆς νῦν τρεχούσης ιε ´ ἰνδικτιῶνος τοῦ ,ςχξ ´ ἔτους, ἡμέρα δευτέρα) Eleousa: Acts 36.22-26, 37.19-38.1
  • Took with him Klemes 106 and other notables and went to Mostenitza, the metochion of the Theotokos Eleousa at Roulina, in order to register the paroikoi of the monastery living there (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-10
  • Had 2 copies of the praktikon of the properties given to the paroikoi of the Theotokos Eleousa made, one for the monastery and one for his own office, and signed them with his own hand (:) Eleousa: Acts 44.22-46.7
Michael Skopiotes, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Michael 220)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Niketas tou Athanatou, villager at Leaskobitza (Macedonia) (Niketas 151)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Leaskobitza had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Andronikos 110, Markos 102, Blasios 111, Alypios 102, Gregorios 138 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.6
Nikolaos Charsianites, witness to Eleousa document (Nikolaos 193)
  • Acted as witness to the granting of properties to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa for the latter's 12 paroikoi and signed the relevant praktikon (prepared by Michael 219) (:) Eleousa: Acts 45.25-28
Romanos, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Romanos 111)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Seiro tes Maritzes, villager at Kontaraton (Macedonia) (Seiro 101)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Kontaraton had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Konstantinos 206, Malorados 101, Tzernos 103 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.4
Slotas tou Hopak, villager near Eleousa (Macedonia) (Slotas 102)
  • Signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219 for the land to be distributed among the paroikoi of the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa (:) Σίγνον Σλῶτα Eleousa: Acts 45.2
Stephanos Seriotes, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Stephanos 146)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Symeon Rouliniotes, paroikos of Eleousa at Roulina (Symeon 123)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Tzernos, paroikos of Eleousa at Rhoulina (Tzernos 101)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Tzernos, paroikos of Eleousa at Rhoulina (Tzernos 102)
  • Was registered by Michael 219 as a paroikos of the Theotokos Eleousa, had ownership of his land confirmed and was exempted from all fiscal obligations, as stipulated in the decree issued by Manuel 1 following a request by Dionysios 105 (:) Eleousa: Acts 38.1-39.8
Tzernos, elderly villager at Kontaraton (Macedonia) (Tzernos 103)
  • Confirmed (to Michael 219) that some land near the village of Kontaraton had remained uncultivated and belonged (?) to the monastery of the Theotokos Eleousa, and signed the praktikon which was prepared by Michael 219: in association with Konstantinos 206, Malorados 101, Seiro 101 (:) ἐπιστώσαντο ὡς εἰδήμονες ἀκριβεῖς Eleousa: Acts 40.1-9, 45.3