Štiljanović was born in
Paštrovići (modern
Montenegro). Paštrovići was mentioned in 1377 as one of the Serbian
opština, and in 1423 they became subjects of the
Republic of Venice after signing a treaty amid the Ottoman expansion. He was elected the
knez of Paštrovići in the
Rezevici Monastery, and would be the last and most celebrated one. After the crowning of Ferdinand on November 3, 1527, he became administrator of
Novigrad and
Orahovica. He also gained the villages of
Donji Miholjac and
Glogovnica, estates in the
Virovitica county and the town of
Valpovo, in which he had his residence. He administered significant towns which had earlier been under the rule of
Jovan Nenad. He had his own flotilla. Štiljanović was the commander of the
Slavonian frontiersmen who fought against the
Ottoman Empire. In 1543, he was defeated and captured by the Ottomans, but
Murat-beg spared his life because of his famous heroism and let him free. He left Slavonia, and his last years were spent in Siklós, where he died around 1543. Serbian church officials managed to recover the remains, which were then transferred and buried on the Göntér hill. Ottoman vezir
Skeder-paša Mihajlović was his nephew (through his mother). == Sainthood ==