Stefan Štiljanović

Stefan Štiljanović

Stefan Štiljanović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Стефан Штиљановић ) was the last head of the Paštrović clan from the Bay of Kotor region in today's Montenegro , who moved to the region around Syrmia in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary at the end of the 15th century and later became a Serbian despot in what was then Kingdom of Hungary in the regions of today's western Vojvodina and eastern Slavonia in today's Croatia rose. He is still a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church , whose bones are buried in the Saborna Crkva in Belgrade . His year of birth is unknown; the year of death is assumed to be 1543.

In his new home he proved himself to be an excellent voivode . He successfully fought several battles against the advancing Ottomans, was also taken prisoner, but was released again for a ransom because he was very wealthy and respected. Around the year 1520 he founded the Kuveždin Monastery in Fruška Gora , where the book Panagirik from 1545 is kept today, which is the oldest written testimony to his status as a saint.

In the region around the Šišatovac monastery in Fruška Gora , a real cult around his person and his military successes arose during his lifetime. After his probably violent death, according to historically not verifiable tradition, his widow Jelena Štiljanović founded the Petkovica monastery in Fruška Gora with the inherited property . Then, according to legend, she entered the monastery as sister Jelisaveta and, like her husband before, was canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church after her death.

The holiday of St. Stefan Štiljanović and the venerable Jelisaveta is celebrated on October 17th according to the Gregorian and on October 4th according to the Julian calendar.

To St. A chapel near Osijek from the 19th century was consecrated to Stefan Štiljanović , but it was destroyed by Croatian armed forces in the Croatian-Serbian civil war in Croatia from 1991 to 1993 .

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1. ↑ About ancestry of Stefan Štiljanović ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Kuveždin Monastery ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Cult of Stefan Štiljanović in the Šišatovac monastery ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Legend on the foundation of the monastery by Jelena Štiljanović ( memento of the original from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Chapel of St. Stefan Štiljanović  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.