Basil of Ostrog

Saint

Basil of Ostrog
Saint; Basil of Ostrog
	Icon of Saint Basil of Ostrog
Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina
Born	28 December 1610; Mrkonjići, Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire
Died	29 April 1671 (aged 60); Ostrog Monastery
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Major shrine	Ostrog Monastery
Feast	12 May (O.S. 29 April)

Basil of Ostrog (Serbian: Свети Василије Острошки, romanized: Sveti Vasilije Ostroški, pronounced [sʋê:ti ʋǎsiːlije ǒstroʃki]; 28 December 1610 – 29 April 1671), also known as Vasilije,^[1] was a Serbian Orthodox^{[citation needed]} bishop of Zahumlje who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

^ Rajovıć, Ivana Ženarju (2021). "Church Architecture and Politics In the Last Century of Ottoman Rule: the Case of the Diocese of Raška and Prizren". In Ayşegül Komsuoğlu Çıtıpıtıoğlu; Hikmet Toker; Federica Nardella (eds.). The Relationship Between Art and Politics in the 19th Century Ottoman Empire: Institutionalization, Change And Continuity.