Sava Petrović
| Sava Petrović | |
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| Metropolitan of Montenegro, Skenderija and the Coast | |
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| Church | Serbian Patriarchate of Peć |
| Metropolis | Cetinje |
| See | Cetinje |
| Installed | 1735 |
| Term ended | 1781 |
| Predecessor | Danilo I |
| Successor | Petar I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1702 Njeguši, Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro |
| Died | 9 March 1782 Podmaine monastery, Republic of Venice (now Montenegro) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Serbian) |
| Parents | Ivan Petrović |
| Coat of arms | .png) |
Sava Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Петровић; 18 January 1702 – 9 March 1782) was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1735 and 1781, ruling what is known in historiography as the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro; the polity in the hands of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty. He succeeded his relative Danilo I as Metropolitan in 1735, having served as Danilo's coadjutor since the 1719, when he was consecrated by Serbian Patriarch Mojsije I.
Sava was a lesser memorable figure in Montenegrin history, having served during a period of constant and bitter tribal rivalries and power struggles in tribal leadership.
A contemplative who was happier as a studious monk than resolving conflicts, Sava preferred to leave his countrymen as they had been in the past, dependent on Venice and thus necessarily paying taxes to the Ottoman beys.
In 1735, the year in which Sava officially became the Metropolitan (vladika, rendered as "prince-bishop") of Cetinje, a new war broke out between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which Austria soon entered on Russia's side. Predictably this was welcomed by the Serbs in Austria-Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro in particular, who were ready to sacrifice everything in their long struggle for total independence. hajduk (bandit and rebel) activity increased, threatening not only Ottoman-controlled Bosnia and Herzegovina but also the coastal territory of Dalmatia ruled by Venice and by neighbouring Republic of Ragusa. Unable to impose firm leadership, Sava obviously had little or no influence on events that transpired; he still continued to seek some sort of appeasement with Venice, a policy that suited his conservative nature. Sava's goal was to secure more open borders for Montenegro, which was already suffering under blockades imposed by its invading Western and Eastern neighbours on all sides.
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