Damjan Ljubibratić ( sr-cyr, Дамјан Љубибратић), known as Damjan the Serb (Дамјан Србин) 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 ...

monk and diplomat, the secretary of Patriarch

Jovan Kantul Jovan Kantul ( sr-cyr, Јован Кантул, 1592 – d. 1614), sometimes numbered Jovan II was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch, the spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1592 until his death in 1614. He planned ...

(s. 1592–1614).

Life

Origin

Ljubibratić hailed from the

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region, and was a descendant of the Ljubibratić noble family. He was a monk of the

Patriarchal Monastery of Peć Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term ''patriarchy'' is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in fem ...

, and became the secretary of Patriarch

. He was the top diplomatic agent of the Herzegovina and Peć chieftains, who had put themselves at the leadership of the movement, which would organize the uprisal in Ottoman areas.

Serb Uprising of 1596–97

The Orthodox Christians in the Balkans sought the right moment to revolt against the Ottomans. Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian and Albanian monks visited European courts for help. The Banat Uprising (1594) had been aided by Serbian Orthodox metropolitans

Rufim Njeguš Rufim Njeguš ( sr-Cyrl, Руфим Његуш; 1594–1631) was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1594 and 1636. He succeeded the Metropolitan duo of Nikanor and Stevan (s. 1591–93). Rufim Njeguš and Metropolitan Visarion, Metropolitan of H ...

of Cetinje and Visarion of Trebinje (s. 1590–1602). In 1596 revolts spread into Ottoman Montenegro and the neighbouring tribes in Herzegovina, especially under influence of Metropolitan Visarion. Visarion and the chieftains in Herzegovina asked the Pope for help. A Ragusan document from the beginning of 1596 claims that many Herzegovinian chieftains with the metropolitan gathered in the Trebinje Monastery where they swore oath "to give up and donate 20,000 heroes to the emperors' light." Grdan and the rebels were defeated on the

Gacko Gacko ( sr-cyrl, Гацко) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the region of East Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), East Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,784 inh ...

Field sometime in 1597. The rebels then made peace with the Ottomans, and Grdan was forgiven by Ahmed Pasha Khadum. However, Grdan and Patriarch Jovan would continue to plan revolts against the Ottomans in the coming years.

1599

In April 1599, Damjan again gave the pope a letter from Patriarch

1604–05

In 1604, Damjan enumerated these regions that were ready for uprisal: Dračevica, Zupci, Riđani,

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, Banjani,

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Drobnjaci Drobnjaci ( sr-Cyrl, Дробњаци, ) was a tribe and historical region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Serb Orthodox ...

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, Rudine,

, Plana,

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, Vraneš, Mileševo,

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, Novi ... In 1605, he went on a diplomatic mission to the Republic of Ragusa, discussing the redemption of some slaves from

Senj Senj is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress () which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks, who were ...

.Vinaver 1953, p. 59

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