Miloš Obilić

Legendary Serbian knight Miloš Obilić is said to have served Prince Lazar during the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the latter half of the fourteenth century. Although the assassin is not identified in sources until the late 15th century, the fact that Murad's assassination is mentioned in Florentine, Serbian, Ottoman, and Greek sources suggests that versions of the story spread widely across the Balkans within fifty years of the event. He is not mentioned in contemporaneous sources, but figures prominently in later accounts of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo.

Obilić may or may not have existed, but Lazar's family "gave birth to the myth of Kosovo," which includes the story of Obilić, in order to strengthen their political control. He became a significant figure in Serbian epic poetry, where he is elevated to the level of the most noble national hero of medieval Serbian folklore. Milo's act, together with Prince Lazar's sacrifice and the supposed treachery of Vuk Brankovi, formed a crucial component of Serbian customs surrounding the Battle of Kosovo. Milo became regarded as a saint in the Serbian Church in the 19th century.

Milo wasn't regarded as a saint in the Serbian Church until the early 19th century. In Prince Lazar's narthex at the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, a painting of Milo as a haloed, sword-carrying saint was painted during the Serbian Revolution (1804-1815). (Greece). Later that century, Petar II Petrovi-Njego, the prince-bishop of Montenegro, gave the heroic character of Milo a boost at the national level in the epic poem The Mountain Wreath (1847). The assassin is described in the poem as "the victim of a noble feeling, / An all mighty military genius, / A frightful thunder that breaks crowns," which praises his bravery in combat.