Rubinum, commune (Rovinj / Rovigno)

700_AR

Regestum

Istria as described in the chapters of Cosmography, penned by the anonymous Ravenna Cosmographer (Anonymus Ravennas), including the region's rendition on the famous Peutinger's Map (Tabula Peutingeriana).

Date
Undated; traditionally dated to late 7th/early 8th century, c. 700.
Place

803_CMA

Regestum

Emperor Charlemagne subordinates six episcopal sees to the Church of Aquileia, badly damaged by the incursions of the pagans; late-10th-century forgery.

Date
4th of August, 803
Place

965_RP

Regestum

Patriarch Rodoald donates Rovinj, a land that was destroyed by the "abominable Slavs", to the Bishopric of Poreč (13th-century forgery).

Date
January 22, 965 (according to indiction) or 966.
Place

974_PG

Regestum

Emperor Otto II confirms to Patriarch Vitalis of Grado and the bishops subject to him the jurisdictions, immunities, and other rights of their churches.

Date
April 2, 974
Place

996_OA

Regestum

Emperor Otto III confirms the donation of six bishoprics to the Patriarchate of Aquileia issued by Charlemagne and donates three abbeys to the same Church.

Date
26th of June, 996
Place

1010_PP

Regestum

Pope Sergius IV confirms the jurisdictions of the bishops of Poreč over Rovinj, Dvigrad, and Bale that were disputed by the Aquileian patriarch John.

Date
March 1010
Place

1044_PG

Regestum

Following the Synod of Rome, convened to resolve the recently rekindled conflict between the patriarchs of Aquileia and Grado, Pope Benedict IX writes to Urso, the patriarch of Grado, informing him of the Synod’s decision to support the cause of his church against the Aquileian Patriarch Poppo, who had recently launched a second military invasion of Grado before his untimely death; the pope confirms the metropolitan status together with the ecclesiastical and secular jurisdictions of the Patriarchate of Grado, dubbed “New Aquileia” for the very first time in an authentic papal document.

Date
April of 1044
Place

1102_DH

Regestum

Henry of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia, donates his castle "in the place that is called Ruvoyn" to the Church of Aquileia.

Date
1102

1150_FV

Regestum

Five Istrian communities – Pula, Rovinj, Poreč, Novigrad and Umag – pledge their fealty to the doge of Venice and his successors, promising military support, a variety of symbolic tributes to St. Mark, the patron saint of Venice, and to the doges, guaranteeing the safety of all the Venetians in their jurisdictions and abolishing all the dues for Venetian traders.

Date
Between 1150 and 1152, traditionally dated to 1150.

1280_IURA

Regestum

Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre] catalogs his supposed rights and prerogatives in Istria to Venetian ambassadors [Marino Dauro and Pietro Tiepolo] – the Iura domini patriarche ac ecclesie Aquilegiensis in tota Istria.

Date
October 1280, after doc. 1280_CD (October 4)

1285_PAV

Regestum

With the help of Fulcher, the bishop of Concordia, a peace treaty is reached, signed between Venice on the one side and the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the count of Gorizia, and the Commune of Trieste on the other, ending the war that had begun in 1283.

Date
March 8, 1285
Place

1286_VAI

Regestum

The elected arbitrators and envoys deliberate over the dispute between the Commune of Venice and the Patriarchate of Aquileia regarding the jurisdiction over Istrian communes recognizing Venetian authority, reaching absolutely no conclusion after six sessions.

Date
January 22/23–March 5, 1286
Place

1289_VA1

Regestum

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli: first, Venice elects its negotiators; second, Patriarch Raymond issues his statement; third, the Venetian envoys present their terms in two separate statements; finally, Patriarch Raymond responds to Venetian terms and a semblance of a peace treaty begins to take shape.

Date
October 13, 1289

1289_VA2

Regestum

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. On Bernard’s suggestion, the parties negotiate regarding a partial restitution of Venetian towns in Istria, a two-year truce, and a lasting peace following the promulgation of the arbitrational sentence of Pope Nicholas IV, the jointly elected judge arbiter in the dispute regarding Istrian jurisdictions.

Date
October 23, 1289
Place

1289_VA4

Regestum

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. A Patriarch Raymond’s reply and counterproposal, a final sketch of the treaty is presented to the parties.

Date
November 2, 1289
Place

1295_BP1

Regestum

Boniface, the bishop of Poreč, laments to the Holy See, complaining to Pope Boniface VIII about various crimes and alienations committed against his Church by the citizens of Poreč, the Venetian podestàs, the counts of Gorizia and his retainers, and the incumbent patriarch of Aquileia, Raymond della Torre, beseeching the pope to initiate court proceedings and promulgate a swift verdict against of all who unlawfully hold possessions and rights belonging to his bishopric (original, unredacted concept).

Date
Between the first quarter of 1295 and January of 1296
Place

1295_BP2

Regestum

Boniface, the bishop of Poreč, laments to the Holy See, complaining to Pope [Boniface VIII] about various crimes and alienations committed against his Church by the citizens of Poreč, the Venetian podestàs, the counts of Gorizia and his retainers, and the incumbent patriarch of Aquileia [Raymond della Torre], beseeching the pope to initiate court proceedings and promulgate a swift verdict against of all who unlawfully hold possessions and rights belonging to his bishopric (redacted version of doc. 1295_BP1).

Date
Between the first quarter of 1295 and January of 1296
Place

1379_MRI

Regestum

Since Pietro Doria, the general captain of the Genoese armada, conquered Rovinj, fort Turnina, and Umag in Istria, as well as Grado in the Dogado, and relinquished all of these territories to the Patriarchate of Aquileia, Marquard of Randeck, Aquileian patriarch, returns the favour to admiral Doria and the Commune of Genoa by bestowing upon them various privileges in the said territories, including the right to appoint their own consuls to administer justice to the Genoese, as well as the complete exemption from all the tolls and taxes.

Date
1st of August, 1379
Place

1401_EVR

Regestum

The Venetian Senate agrees to the plea presented by the envoys of Rovinj who asked that the body of Saint Euphemia, the patron saint of the town, be returned to their community since it had been stolen from them by the Genoese during the War of Chioggia and subsequently transferred to Venice.

Date
6th of May, 1401
Place

1470_SM249

Regestum

Due to poor management of public granaries throughout Istria, where the managers of these granaries used the money for other purposes rather than to purchase grains and other necessary items to feed the poor, the Venetian Senate enacts several rules to remedy this situation.

Date
September 24, 1470
Place