Vallis scti grisogoni

Abstract

The matter for discussion is the defining of the large property donated by the king in the 10th century to the monastery of St. Grisogone in the vi'Lage of Diklo. The cadastral plan of Diklo in the Iß11' century (CPD) shows us that the matter concerns a donation whose midial fit into a centu nation of Zadar’s ager. This means that this property was an Integral part of Jati er at the time of the foundation of the colony. This fact gives a new light on the boundaries of the colony in ancient times and In the early Middle Ages. The author explains the area of the monastery’s property as ager publicus of the colony and the fact that this property was given as a gift by the Croatian monarch, has to l>e interpreted as the Croatian monarch’s becomming the heir of the Bizantine state properties. This was possible only from the time when the Croatian monarch was given the title of czar's eparh and patrician. This leads us to the time of the second half of the l(l,h century, to the rule of Mihail Krešimir or Stjepan Držislav. The western border of the monastery property according to CPD, is congruent with the eastern border of the commune of Nin which was netted in the privileges of Duke Andrija in the 13th century. This was the old limit of the colony of Jader. In the Middle Ages the monastery property in Diklo was called Draga (Valis) Saint Grisogone in Cerodolo. The author discusses the toponyms Cerodol, Diklo and Vallis Rabiosa which are all different terms for the same area. He establishes that their origin should be looked for in a big oak mentioned in the 10lb century a s the medium of the monastery properly. This semantic reference «in Slavic or Roman forms of Cer, illex and rubur has left deep traces in the topon.imy of the western part of the city of Zadar and the oak is growing even «today in that same place.