Vikentije Jovanović

Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci Vikentije II
Oil painting.
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Province	Military Frontier, Austrian Empire
Metropolis	Sremski Karlovci
Installed	1731
Term ended	1737
Predecessor	Mojsije Petrović
Successor	Arsenije IV
Personal details
Born	1689 Szentendre, Ottoman Hungary (modern Hungary)
Died	June 6, 1737 (aged 47-48) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, Habsburg Monarchy (modern Serbia)
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox

Vikentije Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Викентије Јовановић; 1689 – June 6, 1737) was the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci from 1731 to 1737, as Vikentije II. During his diplomatic mission in Vienna in 1734, he was given permission by Emperor Charles VI to establish a hussar regiment constituted solely of Serbs and Croats. It was officially named Illyrian-Rascian regiment and inaugurated on June 16, 1735, in a grand ceremony officiated by Vikentije. The ceremony took place outside Budim where the banners which were used symbolized his importance in the Austrian Empire, but also the dual symbolism of East and West; dual coats of arms on their spears, two languages in their inscriptions (Church Slavonic and Latin), and the use of Eastern iconography and Western emblematic imagery. Vikentije's hussars went on to fight in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735-1739).

See also

• Metropolitanate of Karlovci
• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Sources

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