Publication details
Moravské arcibiskupství a biskupství v 9.-11. století
| Title in English | Moravian archbishopric and bishopric in the 9th-11th centuries |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | In the older literature, the idea that Methodius became the Pannonian-Moravian archbishop in 869 prevailed. According to a detailed study of the sources, it can be said that Methodius became bishop by virtue of the papal claim to Pannonia, referred to by the territory (episcopus/archiepiscopus Pannoniensis), the title of archbishop being borne by him as papal legate for the Slavic regions. It was not until 880, after a visit to Rome, that he became metropolitan for Moravia (archiepiscopus sancte ecclesia Marabensis), to have two suffragans to be able to consecrate other bishops. According to a complaint of the Bavarian bishops to the Pope, probably written in 900, one archbishop and three bishops were consecrated by papal legates in the territory of the dominions of Prince Moimir II. However, the location of their seats is difficult. Apparently, Olomouc remained the seat of one of the bishops after the devastating Magyar invasion at the beginning of the 10th century, and the Olomouc tradition, which is depicted in the late Granum catalogi, states that these were Bishops John and Silvester in the first half of the 10th century. The Moravian bishop is also named in 986 together with the bishop of Prague, but both are suffragans of the Archbishop of Mainz. After various vicissitudes, the Moravian bishopric was finally restored in 1063. All this means that Moravia remained Christian throughout the "dark" tenth century. |