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'''Progonos Sgouros''' ({{lang-gr|Πρόγονος Σγουρός}}; {{lang-sq|Progon Skura}};<ref name="StudiaAlbanica45">{{harvnb|Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës: Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë|1998|p=45 (Note #120)}}.</ref> fl. 1294–1300) was a late 13th-century [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] senior military commander of Albanian descent <ref name="Nicol161">{{harvnb|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."</ref> with the rank of ''[[megas hetaireiarches]]''. He was lord of [[Ohrid]] when the city was territorially controlled by the Byzantine Empire.<ref name="Constantinides283">{{harvnb|Constantinides|1992|p=283}}.</ref>
'''Progonos Sgouros''' ({{lang-gr|Πρόγονος Σγουρός}}; {{lang-sq|Progon Skura}};<ref name="StudiaAlbanica45">{{harvnb|Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës: Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë|1998|p=45 (Note #120)}}.</ref> fl. 1294–1300) was a late 13th-century [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] senior military commander from [[Arbanon]] with the rank of ''[[megas hetaireiarches]]''.<ref name="Grabar139"/><ref name=Velmans/><ref name="Nicol161"/> He was lord of [[Ohrid]] when the city was territorially controlled by the Byzantine Empire.<ref name="Constantinides283">{{harvnb|Constantinides|1992|p=283}}.</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Progonos Sgouros, from [[Arbanon]], was married to Eudokia, a female relative of [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]] (r. 1282–1328), becoming a ''[[Sebastos|gambros]]'' of the [[Byzantine emperor]].<ref name="Grabar139">{{harvnb|Grabar|1994|p=139}}.</ref><ref name="Nicol161">{{harvnb|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."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|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."</ref>
Progonos Sgouros, from [[Arbanon]], was married to Eudokia, a female relative of [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]] (r. 1282–1328), becoming a ''[[Sebastos|gambros]]'' of the [[Byzantine emperor]].<ref name="Grabar139">{{harvnb|Grabar|1994|p=139}}.</ref><ref name=Velmans>{{harvnb|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."</ref><ref name="Nicol161">{{harvnb|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."</ref>


Around 1294–1295, he restored the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in [[Ohrid]], at the time under Byzantine rule,<ref name="Nicol161"/><ref name="Sakellariou346">{{harvnb|Sakellariou|1992|p=346}}.</ref> which later came to be known as St. Clement after [[Saint Clement of Ohrid]].<ref name="Grabar139"/><ref>{{harvnb|The Hellenic Ministry of Culture|1998}}.</ref><ref name="Sakellariou338">{{harvnb|Sakellariou|1992|p=338}}.</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvnb|Rice|Rice|1974|pp=34, 45}}.</ref> The works were painted by Eutychios and Michael Astrapas, from [[Thessaloniki]].<ref name="Constantinides283"/><ref name="Sakellariou346"/>
Around 1294–1295, he restored the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in [[Ohrid]], at the time under Byzantine rule,<ref name="Nicol161"/><ref name="Sakellariou346">{{harvnb|Sakellariou|1992|p=346}}.</ref> which later came to be known as St. Clement after [[Saint Clement of Ohrid]].<ref name="Grabar139"/><ref>{{harvnb|The Hellenic Ministry of Culture|1998}}.</ref><ref name="Sakellariou338">{{harvnb|Sakellariou|1992|p=338}}.</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvnb|Rice|Rice|1974|pp=34, 45}}.</ref> The works were painted by Eutychios and Michael Astrapas, from [[Thessaloniki]].<ref name="Constantinides283"/><ref name="Sakellariou346"/>

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Progonos Sgouros (Greek: Πρόγονος Σγουρός; Albanian: Progon Skura;[1] fl. 1294–1300) was a late 13th-century Byzantine senior military commander from Arbanon with the rank of megas hetaireiarches.[2][3][4] He was lord of Ohrid when the city was territorially controlled by the Byzantine Empire.[5]

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.[2][3][4]

Around 1294–1295, he restored the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid, at the time under Byzantine rule,[4][6] which later came to be known as St. Clement after Saint Clement of Ohrid.[2][7][8] 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.[9] The works were painted by Eutychios and Michael Astrapas, from Thessaloniki.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Universiteti Shtetëror i Tiranës: Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë 1998, p. 45 (Note #120).
  2. ^ a b c Grabar 1994, p. 139.
  3. ^ a b 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."
  4. ^ a b c 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."
  5. ^ a b Constantinides 1992, p. 283.
  6. ^ a b Sakellariou 1992, p. 346.
  7. ^ The Hellenic Ministry of Culture 1998.
  8. ^ Sakellariou 1992, p. 338.
  9. ^ Rice & Rice 1974, pp. 34, 45.

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