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Saint Jevstatije I or Eustathius I (Serbian: Јевстатије I Greek: Εὐστάθιος) was the sixth Serbian Archbishop holding the office from 1279 to 1286.He was born in the Budimlje parish near Ivangrad. As a young man he took his monastics vows in Zeta before going to Hilandar monastery where he later became the hegumen (abbot) succeeding Joanikije holding the office 1162-1165. He left the monastery and became the Bishop of Zeta and later the Serbian Archbishop in 1279 succeeding Joanikije I.