Metropolitan Vićentije Jovanović

Metropolitan Vićentije Jovanović, oil portrait painted in 1732–1737
Photo: unknown painter, 1732–1737, public domain

Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci. In 1735 he funded the high baroque bell tower on the west front of the church and the rebuilding of its dome. In 1893 his bones were placed in the wall of the monastery chapel, arranged by Patriarch Georgije Branković.

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