Saint Danilo II

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Saint Danilo II Данило II
His Holiness, the Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs Archbishop of All Serbian and Maritime Lands
Saint Danilo II, fresco from Patriarchate of Peć
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Metropolitanate of Peć
Installed	1324
Term ended	1337
Predecessor	Nikodim I
Successor	Joanikije II
Personal details
Nationality	Serb
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	2 January [O.S. 20 December]
Canonized	by Serbian Orthodox Church

Danilo II (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило II) was the Archbishop of Serbs 1324 to 1337, under the rule of Kings Stephen Uroš III (1321–1331) and Dušan the Mighty (1331–1355, crowned Emperor in 1345). As a Serbian monk, he was also a chronicler, active in court and Church politics, holding the office during the heyday of the Nemanjić dynasty-era; he wrote many hagiographies and regiographies which are considered part of the most notable medieval Serbian literature. He was proclaimed Saint Danilo II (Свети Данило II) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and is celebrated on the same day as Saint Ignatius of Antioch on 2 January [O.S. 20 December].

Life and Work

Born around 1270, his given name is not recorded, only that he belonged to a Serbian noble family. He was endowed with a fine intellect and a noble disposition; he had received an excellent education at the hands of the most learned men in Medieval Serbia and in Byzantium. Danilo wrote biographies of Serbian medieval kings and archbishops, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stephen Dragutin of Serbia (1276–1282). His monumental work is referred to in the poetry of Serbian folklore as knjige starostavne (the ancient books) and knjige carostavne (the royal books). As a result of his work, many historical details concerning both the rulers of medieval Serbia and the members of the Nemanjić dynasty have been preserved.

References

Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: http://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE_II_(%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)

Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Nikodim I	Archbishop of Serbs 1324–1337	Succeeded by Joanikije II

Sources

External links

Patriarchate of Peć official site: Sveti Danilo II arhiepiskop srpski 1324-1337 (Serbian)

Spiritual leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Archbishops (1219–1337)

St. Sava St. Arsenije I Sremac St. Sava II Danilo I Joanikije I St. Jevstatije I St. Jakov St. Jevstatije II St. Sava III St. Nikodim I St. Danilo II

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	St. Joanikije II Sava IV St. Jefrem St. Spiridon Danilo III, Patriarch of Serbia Sava V Danilo IV St. Kirilo St. Nikon Teofan Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	St. Makarije Sokolović Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Jovan Pajsije I Janjevac St. Gavrilo I Rajić Maksim Skopljanac Arsenije III Čarnojević Kalinik I Skopljanac Atanasije I Mojsije Rajović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Joanikije III Karadža-Grk Atanasije II Gavrilović Gavrilo II Sarajevac Gavrilo III Vikentije Stefanović Pajsije II Grk Gavrilo IV Grk Kirilo II Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić Kalinik II Grk

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci (1690–1920)

Arsenije III Čarnojević
Isaija Đaković
Sofronije Podgoričanin
Vikentije Popović
Mojsije Petrović
Vićentije Jovanović
Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta
Isaija Antonović
Pavle Nenadović
Jovan Đorđević
Vićentije Jovanović Vidak
Mojisije Putnik
Stefan Stratimirović
Stefan Stanković
Josif Rajačić
Samuilo Maširević
Prokopije Ivačković
German Anđelić
Georgije Branković
Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade (1801–1920)

Leontije Lambrović Agatanel Antim Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

Metropolitans of Montenegro (1484–1920)

Visarion Vavila Roman German Romu Vasilije Makarije Dionisije Romil Pahomije Đerasim Venijamin Stefan Rufim I Mardarije Pajsije Rufim II Visarion Borilović-Bajica Sava Očinić Danilo Sava Vasilije Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

Serbian saints

Persondata
Name	Danilo, Saint, Ii
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