References to Saints and God on Inscriptions from Early Medieval Croatia, Dalmatia and Istria

Razdoblje ranoga srednjeg vijeka ostavilo nam je pozamašan broj natpisa na našemu području pomoću kojih možemo promatrati to doba. Ti natpisi, osim što nam pomažu u istraživanju hrvatskih vladara i njihovih titula, pružaju uvid i u religioznost tadašnjih ljudi. Na njima se između ostaloga spominju ispunjeni zavjeti, titulari te dogmatski, biblijski i liturgijski izrazi. Korpus ovoga diplomskog rada ograničen je na ranosrednjovjekovni teritorij Hrvatske (bez prostora današnje Bosne i Hercegovine), Dalmacije te Istre. Proučavanjem literature s prvoga područja izbrojano je 234, s drugoga 88, a s trećega 19 latinskih natpisa. Osim jednoga natpisa na relikvijaru te natpisa koji se nalazi u sklopu freske, svi su uklesani u kamenu. Nakon proučavanja epigrafske građe odvojeni su svi natpisi na kojima se spominju svetci, zatim se proučilo tko su ti svetci i postoje li kakve osobitosti u njihovu spomenu, za koje je, ako je moguće, pokušano pronaći potencijalni izvor. U zaključku je sažeto prikazana prostornu podjela svetaca prema trima navedenim područjima. Također su izdvojeni i analizirani natpisi na kojima se spominje Bog, no bez prostorne kategorizacije zbog očekivanosti takvih spomenika. Svi natpisi koji potječu s odabranoga područja i koji se spominju u tekstu mogu se pronaći u prilogu.The Early Medieval Period in Croatia has left us with quite a significant amount of inscriptions through which we can observe that period. In addition to aiding us in research of Croatian rulers and their titles, these inscriptions also offer an insight into the people's religious life. Among other things, they provide information about fulfilled vows, saints to whom a church is dedicated, and dogmatic, biblical and liturgical phrases. This thesis' epigraphical corpus is limited to the territory of early medieval Croatia (without the territory of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dalmatia and Istria. By studying the pertinent literature, 234 Latin inscriptions were identified in the first area, 88 in the second, and 19 in the third. Apart from one inscription on a reliquary and one which is a part of a fresco, all of them are carved in stone. All of the examples which mention saints have been isolated from the epigraphical corpus, after which a study has been made of who they were, and whether their written mention contains any peculiarities. Where possible, an attempt has been made to find a potential source for those peculiarities. All of the mentioned saints have been concisely categorized according to the three pertinent territories by means of a table in the conclusion. The inscriptions which mention God have also been singled out and analyzed, but without territorial categorization because of the likelihood of finding such epigraphic writings. All of the inscriptions stemming from the analyzed territory which are mentioned in the text can be found in the appendix