a Serbian poet, prose writer, and polyglot. On leaving school with little means of support, he devoted himself to letters, and in 1800 published a collection of poems in Serbian magazines and journals. With Georgije Magaraševi? and Pavel Jozef Šafárik he published the Serpski Letopis. In 1828, at the age of 51, he was finally elevated from archimandrite to bishop of the Diocese of Upper Karlovci where he spent the remainder of his life.
