Savo Nakićenović (1882 - 1926) was a

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the populat ...

priest, writer,

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, historian and

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Biography

Nakićenović was born on 25 January 1882 in Kuti to father Jovan and mother Ljubica. He finished elementary school in his hometown and high school in

Kotor Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...

. Nakićenović graduated in

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

and

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in 1904 from the Zadar Theological Seminary. In September 1904, he married Vukosava Novaković of

Knin Knin () is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka (Croatia), Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split, Croatia, Split. ...

. That same month, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Gerasim Petranović of

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. At first, Nakićenović was a parish priest in Sasovići, and he also served the parish in Kuti. In the spring of 1910, as an already prominent geographer and ethnologist,

Jovan Cvijić Jovan Cvijić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Цвијић, ; 1865 – 16 January 1927) was a Serbs, Serbian geographer, Ethnology, ethnologist, university professor and academic. He was the president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, S ...

invited Nakićenović to the founding assembly of the National Geographic Society of Serbia, of which he remained a lifelong member. In 1911, Nakićenović became a parish priest and schoolteacher in Kuti. During the

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, the

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occupation forces forbade Nakićenović from performing any scientific work. He spent a short time in internment, during which time he was tortured, seriously damaging his health. In September 1919, Nakićenović founded the grammar school in

Herceg Novi Herceg Novi (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Херцег Нови, ) is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of ...

, where he taught history, geography and

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there. He received the Order of Saint Sava in 1924. In 1924, Nakićenović suffered

paralysis Paralysis (: paralyses; also known as plegia) is a loss of Motor skill, motor function in one or more Skeletal muscle, muscles. Paralysis can also be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory d ...

. As a result of this illness, he died on 25 April 1926 at age 45.

Scientific work

At the beginning of 1906, Nakićenović wrote the anthropo-geographic work "''Municipalities of Herceg Novi, Risan, Peraška and Sutorina''" which was received by the

Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , SANU) is a national academy and the most prominent academic institution in Serbia, founded in 1841 as Society of Serbian Letters (, DSS). The Academy's membership has included Nobel laureates Ivo ...

, for the

ethnographic Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining ...

collection "Settlements of Serbian lands - debates and materials". Another important work of his is "Boka - anthropogeographic study" published in 1913 in the edition of the Ethnographic Institute. From 1911, Nakićenović collaborated in the newspaper ''Srpska zora'' from

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. He also cooperated with ''

Matica Srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Матица српска, Matica srpska, ) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national institution. It was founded on June 1, 1826, in Pest, ...

''. For t ''Srpska zora'', he made a study on Herceg Novi, though the manuscript was never published. In

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

, he also collaborated with the Serbian cultural and educational association ''Prosvjeta''. His anthropogeographical study ''Konavle'', which Jovan Cvijić liked very much, disappeared (in manuscript) from the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, after Cvijić's death. Nakićenović also worked on a study of the

region. He intended to finish this work in 1924, but his illness prevent it. The Serbian cultural association ''Zora'' in Knin published this work in the 1990s, and it was reprinted several times since then.

Important works

Works include: *Savo Nakićenović, "Knin Region: Settlements and the Origin of the Population" (1st ed.). Knin: Serbian Cultural Society Zora. 1990: *Savo Nakićenović, "Kninska Krajina: Settlements and the Origin of the Population (2nd ed.), Belgrade: Nikola Pašić, 1999; *Savo Nakićenović, " Kninska Krajina" (3rd ed.). Belgrade: Nikola Pašić, 2004.

Literature

Prota Savo Nakićenović, "Knin Region: Settlements and the Origin of the Population", Belgrade 1999.

References

1882 births 1926 deaths Serbian Orthodox Church People from Bileća People from Kotor Serbian geographers Eastern Orthodox priests {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakićenović, Savo