Nikola Stanjević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Стањевић, fl. 1355–1366) was a magnate who served Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as veliki vojvoda (general), and who was still alive during the rule of Emperor Uroš V (r. 1355–71), when in 1366 the Emperor confirmed the metochion of his endowment, the Konče Church, dedicated to St. Stephen, near Radovište, to the Hilandar monastery. He held a province in northern Macedonia, around Skopje. He is an ancestor of Nikola Pavlović "Gefalija" and the Stanjević brotherhood in Montenegro.[1] He is the founder of the Stanjevići Monastery on the southern slopes of Mount Lovćen, overlooking Budva.

Gospel

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Nikola had a gospel book written and illustrated by monk Feoktist, which he donated to the Hilandar monastery of Mount Athos.[2] The book is now called the "Tetravangelion of Nikola Stanjević", found in London at the British Museum, collection No. 154.

Military offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Novak Grebostrek
veliki vojvoda of Stefan Dušan
?–1355
Served alongside: Jovan Oliver
Succeeded byas veliki vojvoda of Uroš V

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ktitor davni predak".
  2. ^ "Nikola Stanjevic Gospel. Complete Aprakos. Mid-14th cent. Serbian version. Scribe: Monk Feoktist. Fragment". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-17.

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