Summary
Manojlo Vukotić: Bishop from Lovćen
Ever since that dark Lučinadan in 1851, and now through 175 years, Njegoš's triple destiny - ruler, bishop and poet - stretches like a tragic thread. Unfinished. Unreal. Constantly questionable. In 1845, he independently designed and built a small church on the top of Lovcen for his wise uncle Petar Prvo Petrović, whom he declared a saint three years after his death. He left a will to the nobles to bury him in that small church, 12 cubits long. He cursed them if they didn't. The evil Austro-Hungarian occupiers destroyed the church in 1916. Aleksandar Karađorđević, the only king born in Cetinje, son of the liberating king, grandson of King Nikola Petrović, the unifying king, built a chapel in 1925 on the site of the demolished church. Crnogorski komunisti, prije 50 godina, srušili su taj najdugovječniji simbol, ugrađen u grb države, i podigli crni mramorni mauzolej na obrubljenoj glavici Lovćena. No cross. With Njegoš in the underground crypt. This book opens those old and new chests of history. And the question - is Njegoš waiting for the seventh funeral.
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