Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople was the first Serb to be on the throne of Patriarch of Constantinople, got there with the help of Mara Brankovic, step-mother of Mehmed the Conqueror.
Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople (Patriarch from 1475 to 1476) was the first Serb to be on the throne of the Patriarch of Constantinople. He got there with the help of Mara Brankovic, the step-mother of Mehmed the Conqueror.