Jevstatije I

Saint Jevstatije I Јевстатије I
His Holiness, the Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Metropolitanate of Peć
Installed	1279
Term ended	1286
Predecessor	Joanikije I
Successor	Jakov I
Personal details
Born	Budimlje parish
Died	January 4, 1286
Buried	Žiča (1186-1190), Peć
Nationality	Serb
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	January 4 (January 17, Gregorian)
Canonized	by Serbian Orthodox Church
Shrines	Patriarchate of Peć

Jevstatije I (Serbian: Јевстатије I) was the sixth Serbian Archbishop, holding the office from 1279 to 1286.^[1] He was born in the Budimlje parish, near Ivangrad in Zeta.^[2] He took his monastics vows in Zeta, then left for the Hilandar monastery, where he later became the hegumen (abbot), succeeding Joanikije, holding the office 1162–65.^[3] He left the monastery and became the Bishop of Zeta, and later the Serbian Archbishop in 1279, succeeding Joanikije I. He died on 4 January 1286. His relics were buried in the Patriarchate of Peć in 1289-1290, after being transferred from the ruined Žiča monastery.^[4] The Serbian Orthodox Church commemorates him on 4 January according to the Julian calendar, or 17 January according to the Gregorian calendar.

References

1. Dušan T. Bataković (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe. L'AGE D'HOMME. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-2-8251-1958-7.
2. Jakov Sirotković; Ivo Cecić; Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod (1990). Enciklopedija Jugoslavije 6. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod. p. 46. ISBN 978-86-7053-024-9.
3. Dimitrije Bogdanović; Vojislav J. Đurić; Dejan Medaković; Miodrag Đorđević (1997). Chilandar. Monastery of Chilandar. p. 42. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
4. Radivoje Ljubinković (1975). The Church of the Apostles in the Patriarchate of Peć. Jugoslavija. p. viii.