 Two Serbian monks, Damjan Ljubibratić and Pavle, were dispatched by Patriarch Jovan Kantul to Pope Clement VIII in 1597.Patriarch Jovan assured the pope of his "loyalty and obedience" to the Church of Rome, and sought help "to liberate the Serb people from the Ottomans".The monks made an exhibition to the papal "curia" on Serbian history and, among other things, petitioned the pope to send an army to Herceg Novi, which would aid "vojvoda" Grdan on the land; the tribes of Zupci, Nikšić, Piva, Banjani, Drobnjaci and Gacko would rise up in arms.