Savatije Sokolović

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Savatije
Metropolitan of Herzegovina (1573–1585)
Personal details
Born
Savatije Sokolović

Died1586
NationalityRum Millet (Ottoman)
DenominationEastern Orthodox Christian
ParentsVukašin

Savatije Sokolović (

Metropolitan of Herzegovina from 1573 to 1585. He was a member of the notable Sokolović family, being a nephew of Serbian Patriarch Makarije Sokolović (1557–71). Savatije founded the Piva Monastery in 1573.[1]

Life

Sokolović was born in

Patriarch Makarije (s. 1557–71),[4][5]
and relative to many other archbishops, and even Ottoman statesmen.

He succeeded his relative

Piva region (the former župa of Piva, in modern-day western Montenegro). The construction workers were brothers named Gavrilo and Vukašin.[3] Russian historian Aleksandr Fedorovich Gilferding (1831–1872) said that the monastery was the greatest and most beautiful building in all of Herzegovina.[10]

His endowment, the Piva Monastery.

He remained the Metropolitan of Herzegovina until his enthronement as the

S. Novaković (1842–1915) concluded that his death place was in the Ubožac- or Božac Monastery, although this has since been refuted.[11]

Savatije proved himself more energetic than his predecessors, and boldly and persistently, with the help of Grand Vizier

frescoes
.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Вуковић 1996, p. 435.
  2. ^ Glas Srpske akademije nauka. Štampa jugoslavskog štamparskog preduzeća. 1949. p. 112.
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  5. ^ Nićifor Dučić (1894). Istorija Srpske pravoslavne crkve od prvijeh desetina VII v. do naših dana. Drž. stamp Kralj. Srbije. p. 183.
  6. ^ a b c Владимир Бабић (1960). Историја народа Југославије. Просвета. p. 102.
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  8. ^ Марица Шупут (1984). Српска архитектура у доба турске власти 1459-1690. Филозофски факултет, Институт за историју уметности. p. 37.
  9. ^ Александар Дероко (1953). Монументална и декоративна ахитектура у средњевековној Србији. Научна Књига. p. 300.
  10. ^ Слободан Ристановић (2005). Kroz Srbiju i Crnu Goru. КСЕ-НА. p. 704.
  11. ^ Geografsko Društvo, Belgrad (1969). Glasnik. Vol. 49–52. p. 66.
  12. ^ Dušan Baranin (1969). Сабрана дела. Vuk Karadžić. p. 321.
  13. ^ Glasnik Srbskog učenog društva. Vol. 31. u Državnoj štampariji. 1871. pp. 52–.

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Gerasim
Serbian Patriarch

1585–1586
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Antonije
Metropolitan of Herzegovina
1573–1585
Succeeded by