Simeon Vratanja
| Simeon Vratanja | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1630 |
| Nationality | Ottoman, Austrian |
| Other names | Simeon Vretanja |
| Occupation | bishop |
Simeon Vratanja (Latin: Simeon Vratanya) or Simeon Vretanja was the first bishop of the Eparchy of Vretanija (1609—1611), the westernmost eparchy of the Patriarchate of Peć, and the first bishop of the Eastern Catholic Bishopric of Marča (1611—1628).
Name
The sources refer to Simeon as Simeon Vratanja. Vratanja was not the name of his family but his later assigned surname, derived from the name of the eparchy.[1]
Bishop of Vretanija
There are different views about the year of establishing of Vretanija as an eparchy of the Patriarchate of Peć. According to Iohann von Csaplovisc, this eparchy was established in 1578 and its first bishop was mitropolit Gavrilo to whom Simeon was subordinated as archimandrite in Marča.[2]
In 1609 Serbian patriarch Jovan appointed Simeon Vratanja on the position of bishop of all Orthodox Serbs settled to Croatia.[3] According to Aleksa Ivić, this appointment marked establishment of the Eparchy of Vretanja in 1609.[4]
Bishop of Marča
Being under strong pressure from Croatian clergy and state officials to recognize the jurisdiction of the Pope, and to convert the population of his bishopric to Eastern Catholicism, Simeon visited the Pope in 1611 and recognized his jurisdiction and maybe the Union of Florence as well.[5] He confessed Catholicism in front of Robert Bellarmine.[6] The strongest influence to his decision had Martin Dobrović who convinced Simeon Vratanja to recognize Pope's jurisdiction and to accept the Eastern Catholicism.[7][8] In November 1611 the Pope appointed Simeon as bishop of Slavonia, Croatia and Hungary, while in reality his jurisdiction was limited to Orthodox population of Slavonia and Croatia.[6] The Pope granted all former estates of the Catholic Monastery of All Saints to the Marča Monastery.[9] On 21 November 1611 Marča was established as bishopric of the Eastern Catholic Church.[6] In 1611 it had around 60,000 believers.[10]
Simeon continued to use Slavic language, Julian calendar and maintained a connection with Patriarchate of Peć.[11]
When Orthodox patriarch received news that Simeon accepted union with the Catholic church he disposed Simeon from the position of bishop of the Bishopric of Marča in 1628.[2] Simeon died in 1630.[2]
References
- ↑ Radeka 1975, p. 135.
- 1 2 3 Kudelić 2007, p. 156.
- ↑ Maković 2005, p. 12.
- ↑ Kudelić 2002, p. 148.
- ↑ Milutin Miltojević, Serbian Historiography of Union of Serbs in the 17th century, Niš University, p. 225
- 1 2 3 Kudelić 2007, p. 121.
- ↑ Ivić 1909, p. 45.
- ↑ arhiv 1916, p. 89.
- ↑ "Манастир Марча". Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ Foundation 2001, p. 97.
- ↑ Milutin Miltojević, Serbian Historiography of Union of Serbs in the 17th century, Niš University, p. 225
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