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* ''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', pp. 1946-47[[Category:Church Life]]
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In a number of Byzantine documents from the 10th to 14th centuries, the term ''stavropegial'' was used roughly synonymously with ''patriarchal'' when referring to monastic communities of this sort, though in some cases, the two terms were distinguished, with ''stavropegial'' referring only to those monasteries which had actually been founded by the patriarch.
Stavropegial monasteries in the Byzantine period acknowledged the authority of the [[patriarch ]] as their bishop, commemorated him in liturgical services, and paid him the [[kanonikon]], an ecclesiastical tax which provided a significant source of income for the patriarchate.
== Source ==
*''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', pp. 1946-47
[[Categoryro:Church LifeStavropighie]]
