Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of reconstruction of the possible eastern missionary routes of the clergy of the Diocese of Passau in the Danube region in the first half of the 9th century. By the analysis of the Carolingian diplomas of the 820s and 830s, some diplomas of the last quarter of the 10th century, as well as a significant amount of archaeological data, the eastern vector of missionary activity of monks from the Diocese of St. Stephen is outlined on the lands in Marcha orientalis, mentioned in the diplomas of Louis I the Pious (823) and the Bavarian King Louis II (833 and 836), and which were situated mainly along the both banks of the Danube and its tributaries. The author concludes that these possessions represented a holistic “ecclesial bond”, a missionary route that passed through the main monasteries, which were under the church jurisdiction of Passau, as well as through the ancient Roman ways and trade routes that were located in the above-mentioned possessions. In the 830s, after joining of new landholdings around the River Leitha and the Vienna Woods to the Passau’s sphere of influence the outlined missionary route reached even the boundaries of the Moravians’ settlement.

Authors: Kardash, Ostap

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2020.13.2.3-21

Publication order reference: Ostap Kardash; Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Faculty of history, politology and international relations, Department of world history, Centrum Studiorum Mediaevalium, Shevchenko St., 57, 76018, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Source: Konštatínove listy, 2020, vol.: 13, issue: 2, pages: 3-21 (PDF file)

Keywords: THE DIOCESE OF PASSAU, MORAVIA, MISSIONARY ROUTE, ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION, DIPLOMA, DIPLOMA FALSIFICATION

Language: ENGLISH