Vlgdrag

Vlgdrag (Serbian Cyrillic: Влгдраг; d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as čelnik. He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ktetor) the Raška style church in Dići (near Ljig, central Serbia), below the Rudnik, before 1327, most likely as a family temple. He must have had one of the important gubernatorial functions in the Rudnik oblast (province) during the reigns of kings Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) and Stefan Dečanski. Unknown in historical sources, he was buried in his church, where his gravestone inscription tells that he died on 8 May 1327, on the Feast of the Ascension (Spasovdan), and that he had taken monastic vows as Nikola (Никола) and [once] held the title of čelnik. It is unclear if there was one or several ind

Vlgdrag

Vlgdrag (Serbian Cyrillic: Влгдраг; d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as čelnik. He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ktetor) the Raška style church in Dići (near Ljig, central Serbia), below the Rudnik, before 1327, most likely as a family temple. He must have had one of the important gubernatorial functions in the Rudnik oblast (province) during the reigns of kings Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) and Stefan Dečanski. Unknown in historical sources, he was buried in his church, where his gravestone inscription tells that he died on 8 May 1327, on the Feast of the Ascension (Spasovdan), and that he had taken monastic vows as Nikola (Никола) and [once] held the title of čelnik. It is unclear if there was one or several ind