Mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš for the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Holy Mount Athos, which was issued after 1376/1377. He was a cleric. The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš donated after 1376/1377 the Church of Holy Mother of God Pantanassa in Petrič with the cleric Josif to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I ešte priložismo u Petrьči crьkovь Prečistyje Pandanosa duhovnika Iosifa).