Batalo à  antià(; before 1391âÂÂ1404), who is simply known as Batalo, in some research also Batal, was a medieval Bosnian nobleman from Laà ¡va. He was the holder of the medieval Bosnian title of "tepÃÂija". In Medieval Bosnia the title of tepÃÂija appeared some time during 13th century and was in use until second half of the 14th century. The function of a tepÃÂija was to oversee the country's feudal estates.
Batalo belonged to a medieval Bosnian à  antiàfamily, who were lords of Laà ¡va region. He married Resa VukÃÂiàof the VukÃÂiànoble family, cadet branch of HrvatiniÃÂ, and sister of Bosnian Grand Duke, Hrvoje VukÃÂiÃÂ, and had three sons, Vuk, Stefan and Ostoja, who were known by their last name à  antiàor TepÃÂiÃÂ. Marrying the sister of the Bosnian Grand Duke elevated Batalo's status and gave him lordship over the medieval Sana region, or at least over some of its parts and gave him and his family the title Prince of Split. His seat was at the fortress of ToriÃÂan, above the contemporary Varoà ¡luk village near Travnik. He was the great-granduncle of Matija Vojsalià(Titular King of Bosnia).
The first mention of Batalo is found in a deed issued by King Stjepan Dabià ¡a to the government of Dubrovnik, and dated 17 July 1392. In it, Batalo was named in it as a witness to the deed in capacity of tepÃÂija. He was also, among others, a major influence at Bosnian Court and an adviser to Bosnian rulers from late 14th century, as well as a confidant of duke Hrvoje VukÃÂiÃÂ. Batalo was also recognized by historians as one of the many other major Bosnian noblemen, who were followers of the Bosnian Church.
Batalo's Gospel is dated to 1393. The gospel was written by the scribe (in medieval Bosnia called dijak) Stanko Kromirijanin. The tepÃÂija Batalo à  antiàwas the scribe's patron. Four pages of the gospel are preserved, and are held in National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg. On the third preserved page the scribe Stanko states that he was writing an ornate gospel for Batalo, dating its completion to 1393, two years after Tvrtko I death, during the reign of Dabià ¡a. Here we also learn about his fortress ToriÃÂan, and his dominion over Sana, as well as name of his wife, Resa of Bosnia, sister of Grand Duke of Bosnia, Hrvoje VukÃÂiÃÂ.
On page two, there is a list of djed of the Bosnian Church. Researchers call this list âÂÂRed gospodina Rastudijaâ (Order of Bishop Rastudije) and is understood as a list of names of all Bosnian Church bishops before and after him.
There were two, maybe even three levels of the office: the "Veliki TepÃÂija" (Grand), "TepÃÂija" and "Mali TepÃÂija" (Lower). "Veliki TepÃÂija" took care of the royal estates and held office at the ruler's (Ban, later King) court. "TepÃÂija", if there was "Lower TepÃÂija", administrated of all major feudal estates except that which belonged to the Court, where "Lower TepÃÂija" would than take care of rest of the land.
Batalo's mausoleum with a crypt was discovered in 1915 by Captain Teplý of the Austro-Hungarian army, on a hill called Crkvine. The Crkvine locality is multi-layered archaeological site, with cultural and historical continuity dating back to the Neolithic, through early Roman and late antiquity, to end of the 14th century.
At the entrance large block of limestone called a steÃÂak. Frontal stone plate, dimension 17 x 24 cm, carried inscription in BosanÃÂica: <blockquote>Original in BosanÃÂica script: ÃÂÃÂàÃÂÃÂöý ãáÃÂþöôý ÃÂãö mÃÂÿvýãàÃÂÃÂmÃÂÃÂþ àÿýààÃÂÃÂþÃÂýàÃÂýãÃÂú.<br /> Transliterated into Latin script: Ase leà ¾i] uzmo [à ¾ni] muà ¾' t [ep']ÃÂija Batal[o] bosan'ski a pisa Radomil' dijak.<br/>Translated into English: Here lies mighty man Bosnian tepÃÂija Batalo so is written by Radomil the dijak*. <br>
Sometime between WWI and WWII a church was built near the tomb, but was demolished during the WWII, and in 1970 it was again built on the remaining foundations. The structure was declared a national monument in Bosnia and Hercegovina. This was confirmed on 25 January 2005 by KONS declared mausoleum, archaeological site and movable property, found and stored in National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.