Serbian Patriarch Jovan Српски патријарх Јован |
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Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch | |
Fresco depicting Jovan Kantul
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Church | Serbian Patriarchate of Peć |
See | Patriarchal Monastery of Peć |
Installed | 1592 |
Term ended | 1614 |
Predecessor | Filip I |
Successor | Pajsije I |
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Birth name | Jovan Kantul |
Born | Ottoman Serbia |
Died | 1614 Istanbul |
Nationality | Rum Millet (Ottoman) |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Christian |
Occupation | Spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church |
Jovan Kantul (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Кантул, fl. 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 a major revolt in the Ottoman Balkans, with Grdan, the vojvoda of Nikšić, asking the pope for aid (see Serb Uprising of 1596–97). Due to his activiries for planning a Serbian revolt, he was arrested in 1612 and was put into trial in Istanbul. He was found guilty for treason and was executed in 1614.