Biovičino Selo ( sr-Cyrl, Биовичино Село) is a

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located in the municipality of

Kistanje Kistanje (, sr-Cyrl, Кистање) is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. It is located in Bukovica, a region of the Dalmatian Hinterland. Geography Kistanje is located in the microregion of Bukovica, in the Dal ...

, in the

Šibenik-Knin County Šibenik-Knin County (; ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as county seat. Other notable towns in the county are Knin, Vodice, Drniš a ...

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. According to the population census from 2011, 223 inhabitants lived in the settlement. According to preliminary data from the last census in 2021, 129 inhabitants lived in the village.

Geography

Biovičino Selo is located in central

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, Northern

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, about 12 km north of

History

The village was initially named ''Modrino Selo'', and later became divided into present-day Biovičino Selo and Modrino Selo. According to the 1528-1530 Ottoman

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the village Modri had 8 Christian houses, being part of the

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of Zrmanja of Roman Catholic " Vlachs of Istria" who recently returned to old estates from

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where temporarily escaped the Ottoman conquest of Croatia. In 1550 the wider area of

(including this village) was part of the

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of ''knez Bijoviče, son of Vučko'' after whom the Biovičino Selo got named, and with whom most probably arrived Orthodox population. In the late 17th century was still known by its old name "Modrino selo" (''Modrina villa''), and became settled by 15 new families who had a dispute with

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Jovan Sinobad (cousin of local Turk named Modre). In

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the Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to St. Peter and Paul was the site of the Kuridža's Rebellion against the

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due to taxation on newly conquered territory, which included a large peasant Orthodox Christian (

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) population.

World War II

During the

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, the inhabitants of the village were mostly in favor of the

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movement. Th
14th Dalmatian brigade
was formed in this village on

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1944.

Republic of Serbian Krajina

The town was part of the former large municipality of

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. Biovičino Selo was located in the

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from the breakup of

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until August 1995 where it was absorbed into Croatia. The majority of the Serb population left in August 1995 during the Croatian Operation Storm. Map of Republika Srpska Krajina

Demographics

According to the 1991 census,Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine. 99.58% of the village population were ethnic

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(944/948). According to the 2001 census, Biovičino Selo had 186 inhabitants. According to the 2011 census, the village of Biovičino Selo has a population of 223. This represents 25.52% of its pre-

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population according to the 1991 census.

Religion

Nikodim Milaš Nikodim Milaš ( sr-cyr, Никодим Милаш), born Nikola Milaš, (16 April 1845 – 2 April 1915), was a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop, theologian, university professor and academic. He was a writer, one of the most respected experts on ...

claimed that the

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dedicated to St. Peter and Paul was built between year

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and

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. Although mentioned as an Orthodox Church in the mid-16th century Ottoman

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, in the early 16th century certainly was Roman Catholic, and the architectural style, as well found

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in the village, reveals that its Orthodox foundation was a renovation of a medieval- Gothic church. The church was in 1697 described by Bishop of Nin as wide and ancient with astounding and high bell tower (''satis latam et antiquam, quae habet valde altum campanile, et pulchrum''). The old bell tower was re-built in the 19th century probably to the original dimensions. During the 1995 war, the church suffered considerable damage, as well as the centuries-old cemetery located in the church yard. Petrovdan is the

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of the St. Peter and Paul church and the village. Celebrated yearly with religious traditions, family gatherings and a

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Education

Until 1995 Biovičino Selo had "Jovo Kablar" primary school which has reminded destroyed after the

Notable natives and residents

Stevo Opačić
national hero of Yugoslavia

Gallery

File:Православна црква у Биовичином Селу.JPG, Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to St. Peter and Paul File:BiovicinoChurch.jpg, Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to St. Peter and Paul originally File:BiovicinoSelo skola.JPG, View of Centre of Biovičino Selo File:Bivičino selo.JPG File:BiovicinoSelo-Sorgici.JPG, Sorgić File:BiovicinoSeloSign.jpg, Sign entering Biovičino Selo File:OSJovoKablar.jpg, "Jovo Kablar" Primary School, now destroyed since 1995.

References

Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County {{ŠibenikKnin-geo-stub