Nikodim Busović ( sr-cyr, Никодим Бусовић; 27 December 1657 – 20 December 1707) was the Serbian Orthodox bishop of Krka (

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) in 1693–1705, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in

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Born in

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

in Dalmatia (now in Croatia), Nikodim was the son of Dragosav and Todora. He had a brother, Đurđe, who was baptized in the Orthodox church in Šibenik in 1663. Nikodim was mentioned as a monk at the

Krka Monastery The Krka Monastery ( sr-Cyrl, Манастир Крка, ; ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Archangel Michael, located near the river Krka, east of Kistanje, in central Dalmatia, Croatia. It is the best known monastery of the S ...

already in 1676. He was chirotonized on 24 June 1693 as the bishop of Dalmatia by the Venetian Dalmatian bishop Melentije Tipaldi and a Greek '' archiereus'' from

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, thus, he was under the jurisdiction of the Philadelphian archbishopric seated in Venice. The Serbian Orthodox leadership criticized him for accepting foreign chirotony, however, in 1696

Arsenije III Čarnojević Arsenije ( sr-cyr, Арсеније; ) is a Serbian language, Serbian given name, a variant of the Greek name ''Arsenios''. Diminutives of the name include ''Arsen'', ''Arsa'' and ''Arso (disambiguation), Arso''. It may refer to: *Arsenije Sremac ...

recognized the chirotony due to Nikodim's resolute defense of Serbian Orthodoxy from Uniatism despite pressure, and improved church life, renovation of the

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(in 1694, deserted in 1614), and other efforts. He was titled the bishop "of all Orthodox Serbs on the Dalmatian continent", and also titled himself as "bishop of Krka". With the arrival of the new ''provvedittore'' of Dalmatia, Justinio Riva, pressure increased on Nikodim and Orthodox Serbs to subjugate to the Catholic bishop in Split. The pressure led to a Serb rebellion in Dalmatia. Because of this, Nikodim was banished from Dalmatia in early 1705 and forced to take refuge at

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. In his place, the Venetian government appointed

Savatije Ljubibratić Savatije Ljubibratić ( sr-cyr, Саватије Љубибратић; Piva, c. 1660—Topla, January, 1716) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop and metropolitan, and the caretaker of the Dragović monastery. Early life Ljubibratić was born in Piva, ...

, on the demand of the monasteries of Krka and Krupa. When the situation cooled down after a period of time, he returned to Dalmatia and died at the Krka Monastery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Busovic, Nikodim 17th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops 18th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops 17th-century Serbian people 18th-century Serbian people Serbian Orthodox clergy Serbs of Croatia Bishops of Šibenik Venetian Slavs Venetian Dalmatia 1657 births 1707 deaths