The Ray of the Microcosm : On the occasion of the bicentenary of birth of Petar II Petrović Njegoš

Petar II Petrović Njegoš (1813–1851) was born in the village of Njeguši, at the foot of the Lovćen mountain, near the Bay of Kotor and the Adriatic Sea. He was born into the family which had given to Montenegro princes-bishops for more than a hundred years. After the death of his uncle, metropolitan Petar I in 1830, Njegoš was proclaimed ruler and bishop of Montenegro, under the name of Petar II. Njegoš’s religious poetic thought received its highest artistic shape in “The Ray of the Microcosm” (Luča mPetar II Petrović Njegoš (1813–1851) was born in the village of Njeguši, at the foot of the Lovćen mountain, near the Bay of Kotor and the Adriatic Sea. He was born into the family which had given to Montenegro princes-bishops for more than a hundred years. After the death of his uncle, metropolitan Petar I in 1830, Njegoš was proclaimed ruler and bishop of Montenegro, under the name of Petar II. Njegoš’s religious poetic thought received its highest artistic shape in “The Ray of the Microcosm” (Luča