O vernicima i prevernicima - dve crtice iz XIV veka

Abstract

U radu su date kratke prosopografske beleške o dvoje običnih ljudi u Vizantiji XIV veka. Reč je o jednoj imenom nepoznatoj Skitkinji, odnosno Kumanki, o kojoj piše vizantijski istoričar Nićifor Grigora, i izvesnom Antoniju, koji se pominje u dokumentu carigradske patrijaršije iz februara 1374. godine.

The paper presents two brief prosopographic notes on two ordinary people in the 14th century Byzantium, and their relation to faith. First, there is a Scythian woman, or Kuman, whose name we do not know, whose life resembles an adventure novel, and who is referred to by the Byzantine historian Nikephoros Gregoras. Although coming from a Turkic tribe, she wholeheartedly embraced Christianity, and came to Byzantium through very unusual circumstances. Quite different from her was a certain Antony, mentioned in a February 1374 Constantinople Patriarchate document. He was not very firm in his faith, changing it on several occasions. Antony was first an Orthodox Christian, then a Muslim, and later converted to Catholicism. Finally, as the circle was closed, he returned to Orthodox Christianity.