(„... in sua proprietate loco vocato Nitrava consecravit ecclesiam.“ On the Informative Value of the Most Famous Sentence of Medieval Slovak History)

Abstract: On the Informative Value of the Most Famous Sentence of Medieval Slovak History. The article deals with the informative value of a sentence from the The Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum from 871, which is the only source documenting the connection between Pribina and Nitra. The sentence “Cui quondam Adalrammus archiepiscopus ultra Danubium in sua proprietate loco vocato Nitrava consecravit ecclesiam” has long raised doubts about its authenticity, as it does not fit into the narrative of the 11th chapter of the source. The study thus addresses three key questions, namely whether this sentence was originally a marginalia, in which manuscript the sentence about Nitrava first appeared, and whether there are reasonable reasons to question the credibility of this sentence.
Based on a very detailed analysis, it is clear that the sentence was indeed originally a marginalia, on which there is, after all, a relatively broad consensus in historiography, including Slovak. The sentence probably first appeared as a marginalia in the original manuscript. As for reasonable reasons to question the credibility of this information, it is very likely that Pribina’s Nitra origin was a historical fact.

Author: Lysý, Miroslav

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2025.18.1.3-16

Publication order reference: prof. Mgr. Miroslav Lysý, PhD.; Institute of History of SAS, P. O. Box 198, Klemensova 19, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4242-240X, WOS Reseacher ID: H-3422-2016, SCOPUS Author ID: 56986566200

Source: Konštantínove listy, 2025, vol.: 18, issue: 1, pages: 3-16 (PDF file)

Keywords: PRIBINA, PANNONIA, CONVERSIO BAGOARIORUM ET CARANTANORUM, KOCEL, MORAVIANS, NITRA, MEDIEVAL HISTORY, CENTRAL EUROPE

Language: SLOVAK

Recommended Citation:

Lysý, Miroslav. 2025. „... In sua proprietate loco vocato Nitrava conseravit ecclesiam.“ K výpovednej hodnote najznámejšej vety stredovekých slovenských dejín („... in sua proprietate loco vocato Nitrava conseravit ecclesiam.“ On the Informative Value of the Most Famous Sentence of Medieval Slovak History). In Konštantínove listy [Constantine’s Letters] 18/1, 3-16.