[2] Unknown in historical sources,[4] he was buried in his church, where his gravestone inscription tells that he died on 8 May 1327,[5] on the Feast of the Ascension (Spasovdan),[6] and that he had taken monastic vows as Nikola (Никола) and [once] held the title of čelnik.

[7] It is unclear if there was one or several individuals with that title at the court at that time; Đuraš Ilijić (fl.

[1] He was buried in a special tomb inside the church,[8] and his gravestone was set by his wife Vladislava (nun Ana).

[9] The unearthing of the gravestone gave new facts in the understanding of the territorial contours of the Serbian state north of Rudnik at the end of the 13th- and beginning of 14th century.

[10] The largest medieval necropolis in Serbia was unearthed around the church, with flat gravestones (more than 180 slabs) belonging to the oldest phase of the Stećak culture.