Progonos Sgouros
| Progonos Sgouros | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |
 Byzantine Empire |
| Years of service | late 13th century |
| Rank | megas hetaireiarches |
Progonos Sgouros (Greek: Πρόγονος Σγουρός; fl. 1294–1300) was a late 13th-century Byzantine senior military commander from Principality of Arbanon (Medieval Albania) with the rank of megas hetaireiarches.[1][2][3] He was lord of Ohrid when the city was territorially controlled by the Byzantine Empire.[4]
Biography
Progonos Sgouros, from Arbanon, was married to Eudokia, a female relative of Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328), becoming a gambros of the Byzantine emperor.[1][2][3]
Around 1294–1295, he restored the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid, at the time under Byzantine rule,[3][5] which later came to be known as St. Clement after Saint Clement of Ohrid.[1][6][7] Progonos gifted an iconostasis of 8 panels, together with an icon of the Virgin Peribleptos of which only a fragment survived, with the iconostasis depicting the main feasts of the Church.[8] The works were painted by Eutychios and Michael Astrapas, from Thessaloniki.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 3 Grabar 1994, p. 139.
- 1 2 Velmans 2006: "La chiesa della Madre di Dio Periblepta, chiamata oggi San Clemente, a Ocrida, fu decorata nel 1295 per cura del grande eteriarca bizantino Arbanas Progon Sgouros, strettamente imparentato con la famiglia imperiale tramite matrimonio."
- 1 2 3 Nicol 1986, p. 161 (Note #87): "An Albanian by the name of Progon Sgouros (Πρόγονος τοũ Σγούρου) and with the title of hetaireiarches restored the church of St. Clement of Ochrida about 1295."
- 1 2 Constantinides 1992, p. 283.
- 1 2 Sakellariou 1992, p. 346.
- ↑ The Hellenic Ministry of Culture 1998.
- ↑ Sakellariou 1992, p. 338.
- ↑ Rice & Rice 1974, pp. 34, 45.
Sources
- Constantinides, Efthalia C. (1992). The Wall Paintings of the Panagia Olympiotissa at Elasson in Northern Thessaly, Volume 1. Athens, Greece: Canadian Archaeological Institute at Athens.
- Grabar, André (1994). Cahiers Archeologiques: Fin de l'Antiquité et Moyen Âge. 42. Paris, France: Picard.
- Nicol, Donald MacGillivray (1986). Studies in Late Byzantine History and Prosopography. London, United Kingdom: Variorum Reprints. ISBN 978-0-86078-190-5.
- Rice, David Talbot; Rice, Tamara Talbot (1974). Icons and their History. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press.
- Sakellariou, M. V. (1992). Macedonia, 4000 Years of Greek History and Civilization. Athens, Greece: Ekdotikè Athenon.
- The Hellenic Ministry of Culture (1998). "Ohrid – St Kliment". Late Byzantine World, 1204–1453. Athens, Greece: Foundation of the Hellenic World. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës: Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë (1998). Studia Albanica. 31–32. Tirana, Albania: Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
- Velmans, Tania (2006). L'Arte Monumentale Bizantina (in Italian). Milan, Italy: Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60355-4.