Jovan Kantul ( sr-cyr, Јован Кантул, 1592 – d. 1614), sometimes numbered Jovan II 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 ...

, the spiritual leader of the

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, from 1592 until his death in 1614. He planned a major revolt in the Ottoman Balkans, with

Grdan Grdan ( sr-cyr, Грдан; 1596–d. 1612) was the '' vojvoda'' (duke) of the Nikšić '' nahija'', part of the Sanjak of Herzegovina (Ottoman Empire), who led several uprisings against the Ottomans in between 1596 and 1612, alongside Serbian Pa ...

, the vojvoda of Nikšić, asking the pope for aid (see

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). Owing to his activities for planning a Serbian revolt, he was arrested and put on trial in

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in 1612. He was found guilty of treason and was executed two years later (1614).

Title

*"Archbishop of Peć and Patriarch of all Serbs and Bulgarians and Western Regions" (), 20 July 1611.

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External links

Official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs
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