Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje
Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило I Петровић-Његош; 1670 – 11 January 1735) was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1697 and 1735, and the founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, which ruled Montenegro from 1697 to 1918.
Danilo I | |
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| Metropolitan of Cetinje | |
Romanticized illustration from The Mountain Wreath, 1847 | |
| Native name | Данило I |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| See | Skenderija and Primorje |
| Elected | 1697 |
| In office | 1697–1735 |
| Predecessor | Savatije |
| Successor | Sava Petrović |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 1700 by Arsenije III Crnojević |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1670 Njeguši, Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro |
| Died | 11 January 1735 Podmaine monastery, Republic of Venice |
| Buried | Orlov krš (Eagle's Rock), Cetinje |
| Nationality | Montenegrin |
| Residence | Cetinje |
| Coat of arms | |
He was also known by the patronymic Danilo Šćepčević.
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