Vekenega (Zadar - Zadar, September 27, 1111) was a Croatian Benedictine nun from the House of Madi, a noble family from Zadar. She was the daughter of Čika and the abbess of the Benedictine monastery of St. Maria in Zadar from 1072. She is also known for the richly illuminated evangelistary, which she commissioned in the scriptorium of the monastery of st.Krševan in 1096. Life She was the daughter of Čika, a member of the noble patrician Madi family, known to have founded the monastery of st. Mary in Zadar. When the king Petar Krešimir IV placed the monastery under the royal protection, he referred to Čika as his sister. After the tragic death of Vekenega's husband, Dobroslav, Vekenega becomes the nun of the aforementioned monastery in 1072. References External links Vekenega's Gospels - 11th Century Čika and Vekenega Croatian nuns 12th-century Croatian people 12th-century Croatian nobility 1111 deaths People from Zadar Year of birth unknown 11th-century Croatian women 11th-century Christian nuns 11th-century Croatian nobility