Savatije Sokolović

Not to be confused with Savatije Ljubibratić.
Patriarch
Savatije Sokolović
Patriarch of the Serbs

Fresco depicting Savatije with the model of his endowment, the Piva Monastery.
Church Serbian Orthodox Church
See Patriarchate of Peć
Installed 1585
Term ended 1586
Predecessor Gerasim
Successor Jerotej
Other posts Metropolitan of Herzegovina (1573–1585)
Personal details
Birth name Savatije Sokolović
Born Prijepolje, Sanjak of Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia)
Died 1586
Nationality Rum Millet (Ottoman)
Denomination Eastern Orthodox Christian
Parents Vukašin

Savatije Sokolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Саватије Соколовић; fl. 1573 – d. 1586), known as Patriarch Savatije (Патријарх српски Саватије), was a Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Herzegovina from 1573 to 1585, and then as Serbian Patriarch until his death in 1586. He was part of the notable Sokolović family, being a nephew of Patriarch Makarije (s. 1557–71). He founded the Piva Monastery in 1573.

Life

Sokolović was born in Prijepolje,[1] at the time part of the Sanjak of Herzegovina of the Ottoman Empire (now in Serbia). He was a son of Vukašin, the "knyaz of Rudići",[2] and was part of the notable Sokolović family, being a fraternal nephew of Patriarch Makarije (s. 1557–71),[3][4] and relative to many other archbishops, and even Ottoman statesmen.

He succeeded his relative Antonije as the Metropolitan of Herzegovina in 1573, who then became the Serbian Patriarch;[5] the Sokolović bishops were obviously succeeding each other as metropolitan of Herzegovina, then as coadjutor to the Serbian Patriarch, and finally as Serbian Patriarch.[6] That same year, Savatije founded (as ktitor) the Piva Monastery, dedicated to the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God,[5][7][8] located by the Piva river[9] in the historical Piva region (the former župa of Piva, in modern-day western Montenegro). The construction workers were brothers named Gavrilo and Vukašin.[2] 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 Serbian Patriarch in 1585,[5] and served until his presumed death in 1586[5] when the last mention is made of him, regarding the finished construction of Piva.[6] He died before Gerasim.[6] Historian 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 persistenly, with the help of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Mehmed-paša Sokolović) and other Islamized Sokolović family members, and other Viziers of Serbian origin, to work for the strengthening of Church autonomy.[12] Unfortunately, chronicles have no further information on his life, as is the case with many other Serbian patriarchs.[13] Both Savatije and Sokollu Mehmed Pasha are depicted on the interior frescoes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glas Srpske akademije nauka. Štampa jugoslavskog štamparskog preduzeća. 1949. p. 112.
  2. 1 2 Младен Лесковац; Александар Форишковић; Чедомир Попов (2004). Српски биографски речник 2. Будућност. p. 570.
  3. ↑ Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Srbi pod tuđinskom vlašđu, 1537-1699 (2 v.). Srpska književna zadruga. 1993. p. 63.
  4. ↑ Nićifor Dučić (1894). Istorija Srpske pravoslavne crkve od prvijeh desetina VII v. do naših dana. Drž. stamp Kralj. Srbije. p. 183.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sava, Bishop of Šumadija (1996). Srpski jerarsi: od devetog do dvadesetog veka. Evro. p. 435.
  6. 1 2 3 Владимир Бабић (1960). Историја народа Југославије. Просвета. p. 102.
  7. ↑ Boris Nilević (1990). Srpska pravoslavna crkva u Bosni i Hercegovini do obnove Pećke patrijaršije 1557. godine. Veselin Masleša.
  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 средњевековноj Србиjи. Научна Књига. p. 300.
  10. ↑ Слободан Ристановић (2005). Kroz Srbiju i Crnu Goru. КСЕ-НА. p. 704.
  11. ↑ Geografsko Društvo, Belgrad (1969). Glasnik. 49–52. p. 66.
  12. ↑ Dušan Baranin (1969). Сабрана дела. Vuk Karadžić. p. 321.
  13. ↑ Glasnik Srbskog učenog društva 31. u Državnoj štampariji. 1871. pp. 52–.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Gerasim		 Patriarch of the Serbs
1585–1586 		Succeeded by
Jerotej
Preceded by
Antonije		 Metropolitan of Herzegovina
1573–1585 		Succeeded by
Visarion
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