RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Sava

1169 - 1236

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Saint Sava (1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1235/6), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk who became the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church. He was also a writer, diplomat, and the founder of Serbian law. Sava, born as Rastko Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Растко Немањић), was the youngest son of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (founder of the Nemanjić dynasty), and ruled the appanage of Zachlumia briefly in 1190–92. He then left for Mount Athos, where he became a monk and took the monastic name Sava (Sabbas). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Sava is the 407th most popular religious figure (down from 306th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

Saint Sava is most famous for founding the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Sava ranks 407 out of 3,187. Before him are Nehemiah, Pope Zachary, Hosea, Pope Adeodatus II, Saint Monica, and Pope John VII. After him are Pope Sergius II, Pope Anastasius III, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Faustina Kowalska, Dionysius Exiguus, and Antipope John XXIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1169, Saint Sava ranks 1. After him are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Alexios II Komnenos, and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin. Among people deceased in 1236, Saint Sava ranks 1. After him are Suleyman Shah, Moinuddin Chishti, Iltutmish, John, Old Lord of Beirut, Rukn ud din Firuz, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Qul Ghali, and Roger of Wendover.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Saint Sava ranks 19 out of 661. Before him are Constantius Chlorus (250), Constantius II (317), Mileva Marić (1875), Maximian (240), Valentinian I (321), and Hostilian (230). After him are Peter I of Serbia (1844), Gratian (359), Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), Jovian (331), and Stefan Lazarević (1374).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Saint Sava ranks 2. Before him are Jerome (345). After him are Martin of Braga (520), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).

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