Saint Sava

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Eastern Orthodox saint archbishop founder of church human lawgiver medieval writer monk prince saint

Saint Sava was a medieval Serbian prince-turned-monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church, and a key founder of Serbian statehood, law, and religious identity.

Aliases (4)

Archbishop Sava ×1
Saint Sava of Serbia ×1
Saint Sava, first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church ×1
Stefan Nemanja ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox saint → archbishop → founder of church → human → lawgiver → medieval writer → monk → prince → saint →
associatedWith	Byzantine Empire → Mount Athos monastic community → Serbian medieval state →
burialPlace	Mileševa Monastery →
canonizationStatus	canonized saint →
countryOfCitizenship	Grand Principality of Serbia →
dateOfBirth	circa 1174 →
dateOfDeath	14 January 1236 →
educatedAt	Mount Athos →
ethnicGroup	Serb →
father	Stefan Nemanja →
feastDay	14 January (Julian calendar) → 27 January (Gregorian calendar, Serbian Orthodox Church) →
founded	Hilandar Monastery → Studenica Monastery (organized and endowed) → Žiča Monastery (as archiepiscopal seat) →
fullName	Rastko Nemanjić →
givenName	Rastko →
languageOfWorkOrName	Medieval Serbian → Old Church Slavonic →
legacy	central figure in Serbian medieval literature and hagiography → considered the patron saint of Serbian schools and education → national holiday Saint Sava Day celebrated in Serbia →
memberOfDynasty	Nemanjić dynasty →
monasticRank	archimandrite →
mother	Ana, wife of Stefan Nemanja →
notableFor	consolidating Serbian statehood → developing Serbian religious and national identity → founding the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church → shaping medieval Serbian law →
notableWork	Hilandar Typikon → Karyes Typikon → Life of Saint Sava (self-hagiography attributed) → Life of Saint Simeon → Nomocanon in 14 titles (Serbian adaptation) → Studenica Typikon → Zakonopravilo →
patronage	Serbian education → Serbian medicine and physicians → Serbian people → Serbian schools →
placeOfBirth	Ras, medieval Serbia →
placeOfDeath	Trnovo, Second Bulgarian Empire →
placeOfMonasticTonsure	Mount Athos →
positionHeld	Archbishop of Serbs → first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy → Serbian Orthodox Church →
religiousName	Sava →
sibling	Stefan Nemanjić → Vukan Nemanjić →
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Church → Roman Catholic Church (locally) → Serbian Orthodox Church →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hilandar Monastery → Hilandar Monastery ("Stefan Nemanja") → Patriarchate of Peć Monastery ("Archbishop Sava") → Žiča Monastery →	foundedBy
Žiča Monastery →	associatedSaint
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming →	coFounderWith
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming →	fatherOf
Saint Sava Day ("Saint Sava, first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church") →	hasCentralFigure
Saint Sava Day →	honors
Hilandar Monastery ("Saint Sava of Serbia") →	linkedTo
Saint Sava Day →	namedAfter
Serbian Orthodox Church →	veneratesSaint