Belegezites
Sign in to saveThe Belegezites (, Belegezitai) were a South Slavic (Sklavenoi) tribe that lived in the area of Thessaly in the Early Middle Ages. They are one of the tribes listed in the Miracles of Saint Demetrius.
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The Belegezites (, Belegezitai) were a South Slavic (Sklavenoi) tribe that lived in the area of Thessaly in the Early Middle Ages. They are one of the tribes listed in the Miracles of Saint Demetrius.
==Geography== right|thumb|Bronze figures from the Velestino Hoard, discovered in the village of [[Velestino, Thessaly in the 1920s and dating from as early as the 7th century AD. The findings are linked to the Slavic tribe of the Belegezites.]] According to the Miracles of Saint Demetrius, they were settled around Demetrias and Phthiotic Thebes on the northern shores of the Pagasetic Gulf.