Christianization Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Croatia === According to [[Constantine VII]], Christianization of Croats began in the 7th century.{{sfn|Popovski|2017|p=none available}} The conversion of Croatia is said to have been completed by the time of Duke [[Trpimir I of Croatia|Trpimir]]'s death in 864. In 879, under duke [[Branimir of Croatia|Branimir]], Croatia received papal recognition as a state from [[Pope John VIII]].{{sfn|Antoljak|1994|p=43}}{{refn|group=note|Hungarian historian László Veszprémy writes: "By the end of the 11th century, Hungarian expansion had secured Croatia, a country that was coveted by both the Venetian and Byzantine empires and had already adopted the Latin Christian faith. The Croatian crown was held by the Hungarian kings up to 1918, but Croatia retained its territorial integrity throughout. It is not unrelated that the borders of Latin Christendom in the Balkans have remained coincident with the borders of Croatia into present times".{{sfn|Veszprémy|2001|p=83}}}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page