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Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro from 1784 to 1830 and Exarch (legate) of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.
In 1697, the office was made hereditary in the Petrović-Njegoš family. [15] However, since Orthodox bishops are required to be celibate, the crown passed from uncle to nephew. In 1852, Prince-Bishop Danilo II opted to marry and to secularize Montenegro, becoming Prince Danilo I. [15] [16] His successor, Nikola I, raised Montenegro to a ...
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II Петровић-Његош, pronounced [pětar drûɡi pětroʋitɕ ɲêɡoʃ]; 13 November [O.S. 1 November] 1813 – 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1851), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (Његош), was a Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered some of the most important in ...
Succeed Sava II Petrović-Njegoš as the Metropolitan of Cetinje and as the Prince-Bishop. Non-Hereditary. Prince-Bishop [nb 1] Petar I 1747 – 1830: October 13, 1784 – October 30, 1830: Petrović-Njegoš: Canonized as Saint Peter of Cetinje by the Serbian Orthodox Church. Prince-Bishop [nb 1] Petar II 1813 – 1851: October 30, 1830 ...
The Mountain Wreath (Serbian: Горски вијенац / Gorski vijenac) [1] is a poem and a play written by Prince-Bishop and poet Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Njegoš wrote The Mountain Wreath during 1846 in Cetinje and published it the following year after the printing in an Armenian monastery in Vienna.
Monument to Peter II Petrovic Njegos in the mausoleum. The Mausoleum of Njegoš is a mausoleum interring Petar II Petrović-Njegoš located on the top of Mount Lovćen. [1]The mausoleum is located twenty-one kilometres via asphalt road from near-by Cetinje and it was built on the idea of Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
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In 2008, celebrating the passage of 300 years since the first Petrović Njegoš rulers ascent, Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, bestowed the Order in recognition of this landmark. The upper arm of the cross bears the Cyrillic initial "D" that stands for Danilo I - the first Petrović Njegoš Hereditary Bishop - and the lower one "N" for ...