Antonije I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Антоније I Соколовић) was the

Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch This is a list of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an Autocephaly, autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Se ...

from 1571 to 1574. He was the second primate of the restored

Serbian Patriarchate of Peć Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (, ''Srpska patrijaršija u Peći''), or simply Peć Patriarchate (, ''Pećka patrijaršija''), was an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 155 ...

, and the nephew of previous Serbian Patriarch Makarije I. Antonije was born into the Serbian

Sokolović Sokolović ( sr-Cyrl, Соколовић, may also be transliterated as Sokolovic or Sokolovich) is a South Slavic surname. It derives from the Slavic word ''sokol'', meaning "falcon" and literally means "son of the falcon". The Sokolović of the ...

family which gained prominence during the course of the 16th century. Its Christian branch gave several Serbian Patriarchs and Metropolitans, while a second branch (which converted to

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) gave several

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s of the

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, including the Grand Vizier

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(1565–1579). During the patriarchal tenure of his uncle Makarije I (1557–1571), Antonije became

Metropolitan of Herzegovina The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral () is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with its seat in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has jurisdiction over the region of Herzegovina, the littoral region of southern D ...

. In 1571, the old patriarch fell ill and convoked a church synod in the

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near the city of

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. There he relinquished his throne, and Metropolitan Antonije was elected his successor and new Serbian Patriarch. He lived in the

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. In that time, western eparchies of the Serbian Patriarchate were affected by the

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and massive demographic migrations. Patriarch Antonije stayed on his throne until his death in 1574.

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External links

Official site of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs
Antonije I 16th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops 16th-century Serbian people 16th century in Serbia Year of birth unknown 1574 deaths Ottoman Serbia 16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire {{Serbia-bio-stub