Savatije Ljubibratić

Savatije Ljubibratić (Саватије Љубибратић; 1687—d. 1716) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop and metropolitan, and the caretaker of the Dragović monastery.

Early life
Ljubibratić was born in Piva, and belonged to the Ruđić brotherhood, at a time when the region was part of the Ottoman Empire.

Bishop of Herzegovina
Ljubibratić, as many of his relatives, took monastic vows and later became a bishop. He was appointed the bishop of the Eparchy of Herzegovina, and lived in the Tvrdoš Monastery.

Since 1687, he was a notable participant in the struggle against the Ottomans, in Venetian support. In 1690, he and the Tvrdoš brotherhood (including his brother Stefan) left Trebinje for Herceg Novi, fleeing the Ottomans, where they renovated the Savina Monastery.

Dalmatia
Metropolitan Nikodim Busović, the bishop "of all Orthodox Serbs on the Dalmatian continent", was banished from Dalmatia in 1705. On the demand of the Krka monastery and Krupa monastery, Ljubibratić was appointed Nikodim's office by the Venetian government. Ljubibratić had taken this office in spite of Melentije Tipaldi (1658–1730), the Greek-Catholic bishop who was a driving force of Uniatism; and continued the struggle against the Uniatism of Serbs in Dalmatia. Tipaldi greatly undermined against Ljubibratić, so far that the Church Synod in Constantinople condemned Tipaldi and excluded him from the Orthodox Church as a traitor; with this support, Ljubibratić was able to continue his service. Ljubibratić successfully opposed the orders of the Catholic curia against the Orthodox believers in Dalmatia. He strengthened ties with the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, whose Patriarch, Mojsije Rajović, visited Dalmatia in 1714, after Ljubibratić's request. Savatije Ljubibratić died in January 1716, in the village of Topla, near Herceg Novi.