1520, before 1485 – 1520) was the Metropolitan of Zeta and the first prince-bishop (vladika) from c. 1493 to 1504 and the vicar bishop of Visarion, his predecessor.
[1][2] The very first of the vladikas—who were elected for 180 years by clan chieftains and people on Montenegrin assembly (called "Zbor")—Vavila, had a relatively peaceful reign without many Ottoman incursions, devoting most of his time to the maintenance of the printing press in Obod.
[3] The first mention of Vavila dates to January 4, 1485, in the charter issued by Ivan Crnojević (r. 1465–1490);[1] the Old Cetinje Monastery was built in 1484–85, at which time the Metropolitan of Zeta was Visarion, while Vavila was mentioned as his vicar[1] bishop (1485).
After the departure of Đurađ Crnojević from Montenegro to Italy, Vavila spent the rest of his life in Cetinje while successfully preserving the people in the state of faith and freedom in which he received them.
[7] After the departure of Đurađ Crnojević from Montenegro to Italy, His Holiness Metropolitan [Vavila] spent the rest of his life in Cetinje peacefully, not even prosecuting those subordinates [...] to restrain the wrath of the terrible sultan against himself, but even, flatteringly, strengthened [sic] them with spirit—so that they would not forget who they were and from whom they belonged, but to defend their people and their homeland from oppression and to represent them in every necessity and force.