Damjan Ljubibratić

Damjan Ljubibratić
Born	Дамјан Љубибратић
Nationality	Ottoman
Other names	Damjan the Serb
Occupation	Serbian Orthodox monk and diplomat
Known for	the secretary of Patriarch Jovan Kantul

Damjan Ljubibratić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дамјан Љубибратић), known as Damjan the Serb (Дамјан Србин) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and diplomat, the secretary of Patriarch Jovan Kantul (s. 1592–1614).

Ljubibratić hailed from the Trebinje region, and was a descendant of the Ljubibratić noble family. He was a monk of the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć, and became the secretary of Patriarch Jovan Kantul.

He was the top diplomatic agent of the Herzegovina and Peć chieftains, who had put themselves at the leadership of the movement, which would organize the uprisal in Ottoman areas.

The Orthodox Christians in the Balkans sought the right moment to revolt against the Ottomans. Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian and Albanian monks visited European courts for help. The Banat Uprising (1594) had been aided by Serbian Orthodox metropolitans Rufim Njeguš of Cetinje and Visarion of Trebinje (s. 1590–1602). In 1596 revolts spread into Ottoman Montenegro and the neighbouring tribes in Herzegovina, especially under influence of Metropolitan Visarion. Visarion and the chieftains in Herzegovina asked the Pope for help. A Ragusan document from the beginning of 1596 claims that many Herzegovinian chieftains with the metropolitan gathered in the Trebinje Monastery where they swore oath "to give up and donate 20,000 heroes to the emperors' light." Grdan and the rebels were defeated on the Gacko Field sometime in 1597. The rebels then made peace with the Ottomans, and Grdan was forgiven by Ahmed Pasha Khadum. However, Grdan and Patriarch Jovan would continue to plan revolts against the Ottomans in the coming years.

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