Hegumen Mardarije | |
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| Born | |
| Died | Bogovađa monastery |
| Nationality | Rum Millet (Ottoman Empire) |
| Occupation(s) | monk, printer and editor |
| Known for | being one of the first printer of srbulje (books on Serbian language) |
Hegumen Mardarije (Serbian Cyrillic: Игумен Мардарије; fl. 1543–45) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and one of the first printers of Serbian language books.
Mardarije received his education in the Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Pljevlja. To save its liturgical books and other valuables, he moved to Banja Monastery and became its hegumen. In 1543, he and two monks from Mileševa monastery travelled to Venice to buy the printing press and bring it to Mileševa to establish the Mileševa printing house.