Saint Sava

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox saint
archbishop
founder of church
human
lawgiver
medieval writer
monk
prince
saint
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Athonite monastic communities
surface form: Mount Athos monastic community

Serbian medieval state
burialPlace Mileševa Monastery
canonizationStatus canonized saint
countryOfCitizenship Principality of Serbia
surface form: Grand Principality of Serbia
dateOfBirth circa 1174
dateOfDeath 14 January 1236
educatedAt Mount Athos
ethnicGroup Serbs
surface form: Serb
father Stefan Nemanja
feastDay 14 January (Julian calendar)
27 January (Gregorian calendar, Serbian Orthodox Church)
founded Hilandar Monastery
Studenica Monastery
surface form: Studenica Monastery (organized and endowed)

Žiča Monastery
surface form: Žiča Monastery (as archiepiscopal seat)
fullName Rastko Nemanjić
givenName Rastko
languageOfWorkOrName Medieval Serbian
Church Slavonic
surface form: 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 of Serbia
surface form: 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 Karyes Typikon
surface form: Hilandar Typikon

Karyes Typikon
Life of Saint Sava (self-hagiography attributed)
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
surface form: Life of Saint Simeon

Nomocanon in 14 titles (Serbian adaptation)
Studenica school of painting
surface form: Studenica Typikon

Zakonopravilo
patronage Serbian education
Serbian medicine and physicians
Serbs
surface form: Serbian people

Serbian schools
placeOfBirth Stari Ras and Sopoćani
surface form: Ras, medieval Serbia
placeOfDeath Tarnovo
surface form: Trnovo, Second Bulgarian Empire
placeOfMonasticTonsure Mount Athos
positionHeld Serbian Patriarch
surface form: Archbishop of Serbs

first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Serbian Orthodox Church
religiousName Sava
sibling Stefan Nemanja
surface form: Stefan Nemanjić

Stefan Nemanja
surface form: Vukan Nemanjić
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars)
surface form: Roman Catholic Church (locally)

Serbian Orthodox Church

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