 Island of Mrkan | |
| Etymology | Mark the Evangelist |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 42°34′30″N18°11′40″E / 42.57500°N 18.19444°E Coordinates: 42°34′30″N18°11′40″E / 42.57500°N 18.19444°E |
| Area | 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Administration | |
| County | Dubrovnik-Neretva |
| Municipality | Cavtat |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2011) |
Mrkan is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, near Cavtat. The island is uninhabited.
Its northeast coast is overgrown with dark green bushes, and the southwest coast has steep and high gorges. Mrkan is protected as a special ornithological reserve, a nesting place for the Klaukovac gull . [1]
A memorial-type sanctuary was erected on Mrkan in the time of early Christianity. On its ruins, the pre-Romanesque church of St. Michael was built with a dome typical of southern Dalmatia, also in ruins now. Next to the ruins of the church are the remains of a Benedictine monastery. It is believed that it was the regional monastery of St. Mary of Lokrum. The monastery was first mentioned in written sources in 1218, and the last abbot was Mato Grubiša Ranjina. It is known that the last monk's name was Petar. He moved to Lokrum in 1296. [1]
Bishop of Trebinje Salvije also stayed on Mrkan for some time. He was expelled from Trebinje in 1253 by King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia, and the Republic of Ragusa gave the bishop the Mrkan monastery with a church and the neighboring islet of Bobar. Thus the Diocese of Trebinje changed its name to Trebinje-Mrkan. [1]
It is not known how long the bishop sat on Mrkan, but it is known that in part of the ruins of the Benedictine monastery there was a bishop's summer house, which is now also a ruin. It is assumed that there were as many as three early Romanesque churches on Mrkan – St. Michael's, St. Mary's and St. Mark's after whom the island got its name. [2]
From 1377, Mrkan was used as a quarantine island for ships arriving in Dubrovnik from areas where the plague was present. [3]
Pag is the largest town on the island of Pag, with a population of 2,849 (2011) in the urban core and 3,846 in the entire municipality.
In 2018, Croatia had 19.7 million tourist visitors who made 110 million overnight stays.
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Mato Vodopić was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of Dubrovnik from 1882 until his death in 1893 and Apostolic Administrator of Trebinje Mrkan from 1882 until 1890. He wrote poems for some special occasions, and was a storyteller and collector of folk ballads. He remains the only native to serve as bishop of Dubrovnik since the abolishment of the Republic of Ragusa in 1808.
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Lazar Lazarević was a Herzegovinian Croat Catholic priest who served as the bishop's deputy (provicar) for the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1867 and spiritual administrator of the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan from 1910 until 1912. He was a strong supporter of the independence of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan from the administration of the neighboring dioceses.
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