Saint Sava II

Saint Sava II
Cv. Сава II
His Holiness the Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs

Sava II, Visoki Dečani
Church Serbian Orthodox Church
Enthroned 1263
Reign ended 1271
Predecessor Arsenije I
Successor Danilo I
Personal details
Born 1201
Ras
Died 1271
Nationality Serb
Denomination Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Canonized by Serbian Orthodox Church

Saint Sava II (Serbian Cyrillic: Свети Сава II, born Predislav Nemanjić, Предислав Немањић; 1201-1271) was the 3rd Serbian Archbishop (Head of the Serbian Church) that held office from 1263 until his death in 1271. He was the middle son of King Stephen II Nemanjić and Eudokia Angelina, his two brothers were Stephen Radoslav and Stephen Vladislav I and he had a sister, Komnena Nemanjić. Predislav took the monastic name of Sava, after his uncle, Saint Sava, the first Serbian Archbishop. The Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates him as a saint and his feast-day is on February 21.

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Arsenije I
Patriarch of Serbs
1263–1271
Succeeded by
Danilo I

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