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Bishop John of Trogir (1064-1111) Founder of the Benedictine Nunnery of St Nicholas of Trogir

The reform of the clergy in Dalmatia in the second half of the eleventh century was promoted by two outstanding men, Benedictine monks of the St Peter’s monastery in Osor. Lawrence, elected archbishop of Split in 1060, and John, whose intricate documentary legacy depicted him of Roman Orsini family origin, elected bishop of Trogir and consacrated in Split by his metropolitan archbishop Lawrence at the begining of 1064. Both men worked hard on the moral renewal of the clergy in their dioceses, and gathered around them authentic cultural circles of ecclesiastics with fine classical formation. In cooperation with the lay patrons of the pre-existing churches, both prelates founded the first female Benedictine monastery in their respective cities: the St Nicholas of Trogir was founded in 1064, as the oldest Benedictine nunnery in Dalmatia ; the St Benedict (St Rainerius) in Split was founded four years later, in December 1068. These public foundations were realized following the prelates’ requests and their negotiations with the lay patrons, close to the existing earlier churches, and were reachly endowed with land, winyards and tax provents.

Bishop John of Trogir; Gregorian Reform; Trogir Benedictine Nunnery of St Nicholas

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