Ioannitsa (Ioniță) Kaloyan

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Ioannitsa (Ioniță) Kaloyan was a 12th-century Bulgarian Tsar. He was polemically known in Greek as Skyloioannes (which would explain contexts in which Scaloian is used). Some have correlated the Caloian practice with the name of Tsar Ioniță.

When

First attested
1100 CE
Attested period
1100 – 1199
Historical notes
12th-century Bulgarian Tsar.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“reference to a 12th-century Bulgarian Tsar, Ioannitsa (Ioniță) Kaloyan, polemically known in Greek as Skyloioannes (which would explain contexts in which Scaloian is used). However, Bogrea cautions that the origin may prove to be the Romanian noun (s)căluș, which would link Caloian with the Călușari fraternity”

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