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Makarije Sokolovi was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1557 to 1571. He was the first patriarch of the restored Serbian Patriarchate, after its lapse in 1463 that resulted from the Ottoman conquest of Serbia. He is variously reported to have been the brother, nephew, or first cousin of the Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmedpaa Sokolovi, who used his influence in the Ottoman Empire to reestablish the Patriarchate of Pe. Patriarch Makarije is celebrated as a saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

He was born in the 16th century, his family hailing from the Serb clan of Piva in Old Herzegovina. He was a close kinsman of Mehmedpaa Sokolovi, the Ottoman Grand Vizier.

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