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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Petrović-Njegoš: March 1782 30 October 1830 48 years, 243 days Relative of Sava II and Vasilije III 5 Petar II Петар II (1813–1851) Petrović-Njegoš: 30 October 1830 31 October 1851 21 years, 1 day Relative of Petar I 6 Danilo II Данило II (1826–1860) Petrović-Njegoš: 1 January 1852 13 March 1852 72 days Relative of Petar II
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.
[60] [61] In 1970–1972, the communist regime destroyed the Lovćen Church, dedicated to Saint Petar of Cetinje, and desecrated the tomb of metropolitan Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, who was buried there, replacing the church with a secular mausoleum. [62] [63] In 1990, Amfilohije Radović was elected new Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral.
The Battle of Krusi (Albanian: Beteja e Krusit; Serbian: Битка на Крусима, romanized: Bitka na Krusima) was fought on 22 September 1796 between the campaigning army of Ottoman Empire commanded by Kara Mahmud Pasha, the Pasha of Scutari, and tribes of Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro under the command of Metropolitan Petar I Petrović Njegoš and Jovan Radonjić, at Krusi ...