Antonije I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Антоније I Соколовић) was the
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch
This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Serbian Ortho ...
from 1571 to 1574. He was the second primate of the restored
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć
The Serbian Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Српска патријаршија у Пећи, ''Srpska patrijaršija u Peći'') or just Patriarchate of Peć ( sr, Пећка патријаршија, ''Pećka patrijaršija''), was an autocephalous ...
, and nephew of previous Serbian Patriarch
Makarije I.
Antonije was born into the Serbian
Sokolović
Sokolović ( sr-cyr, Соколовић, may also be transliterated as Sokolovic or Sokolovich) is a South Slavic surname. It derives from the Slavic word ''sokol'', meaning "falcon" and literally means "son of the falcon". The Sokolović of the ...
family that gained prominence during the course of the 16th century. Its Christian branch gave several Serbian Patriarchs and Metropolitans, while a second branch (which converted to
Islam) gave several
vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
s of the
Ottoman Empire
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, including the Grand Vizier
Mehmed Sokolović
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ( ota, صوقوللى محمد پاشا, Ṣoḳollu Meḥmed Pașa, tr, Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; ; ; 1506 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in ...
(1565–1579). During the patriarchal tenure of his uncle Makarije I (1557–1571), Antonije became
Metropolitan of Herzegovina
The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral ( sr, Епархија захумско-херцеговачка и приморска, Eparhija zahumsko-hercegovačka i primorska) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church wit ...
. In 1571, the old patriarch fell ill and convoked a church synod in the
Banja Monastery
The Banja Monastery ( sr, Манастир Бања, Manastir Banja) is a Serbian Orthodox Monastery located near Priboj, Serbia. Monastery Banja presents Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance in Serbia.
History
Time of founding of th ...
near the city of
Priboj
Priboj ( sr-Cyrl, Прибој, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 14,920, while the population of the municipality is 27,133.
Geography
The municipality of Priboj i ...
. There he relinquished his throne, and Metropolitan Antonije was elected his successor and new Serbian Patriarch. He lived in the
Patriarchal Monastery of Peć
Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are primarily held by men. It is used, both as a technical anthropological term for families or clans controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males a ...
. In that time, western eparchies of the Serbian Patriarchate were affected by the
Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus ( it, Guerra di Cipro) was fought between 1570 and 1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter joined by the Holy League, a coalition o ...
and massive demographic migrations. Patriarch Antonije stayed at his throne until death in 1574.
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External links
Official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs
Antonije I
16th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
16th-century Serbian people
16th century in Serbia
Year of birth unknown
1574 deaths
Ottoman Serbia
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
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