Kirilo I or Saint Kirilo of Serbia, was the
patriarch
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...
of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
from 1407 to 1419.
Kirilo became head of the Serbian National Church after the death of Patriarch
Danilo IV at a time when
Medieval Serbia was still recovering from the
Battle of Kosovo
The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...
and the young despot
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427), ...
was facing vaiorus enemies.
According to one chronicle, Patriarch Kirilo died between 1 September 1418 and 31 August 1419, and in one prologue the date of death of Patriarch Kirilo was stated 27 December 1418.
He is venerated on 12 September.
See also
*
List of Serbian saints
*
List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
References
Further reading
* "Serbian Patriarch Cyril", ''People's Encyclopedia'',
Zagreb
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, 1927
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Kirilo I
15th-century Serbian people
15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops