Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje

Danilo I
Metropolitan of Cetinje
Romanticized illustration from The Mountain Wreath, 1847
Native name	Данило I
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Skenderija and Primorje
Elected	1697
In office	1697–1735
Predecessor	Savatije
Successor	Sava Petrović
Orders
Ordination	June 1700 by Arsenije III Crnojević
Personal details
Born	1670 Njeguši, Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Died	11 January 1735 Podmaine monastery, Republic of Venice
Buried	Orlov krš (Eagle's Rock), Cetinje
Nationality	Montenegrin
Residence	Cetinje
Coat of arms

Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило I Петровић-Његош; 1670 – 11 January 1735) was the Metropolitan of Cetinje between 1697 and 1735, the first de facto vladika of Montenegro, and the founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš—which ruled Montenegro from 1697 to 1918. He restored the Cetinje Monastery and initiated the struggle for the liberation of Montenegro from Ottoman rule.

He was also known by the patronymic Danilo Šćepčević.