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|SaintName=Saint Sava of Serbia | |SaintName=Saint Sava of Serbia | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=January 27 (Gregorian); January 14 (Julian) | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Deževa, Raška (modern Serbia) | |SaintBirthPlace=Deževa, Raška (modern Serbia) | ||
|DeathPlace=Tarnovo, Second Bulgarian Empire | |DeathPlace=Tarnovo, Second Bulgarian Empire | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=43.083300, 25.650000 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=43.083300, 25.650000 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Endowment of his father Saint Simeon | |NotableLabel3=Endowment of his father Saint Simeon | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=43.483300, 20.533300 | |NotableCoordinates3=43.483300, 20.533300 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Serbia | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Serbian Orthodox Church]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of the sick at his tomb | |SaintMiracle1=Healing of the sick at his tomb | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Myrrh-streaming relics | |SaintMiracle2=Myrrh-streaming relics | ||
|Profession=monk; archbishop | |Profession=monk; archbishop | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Eastern Orthodox Church | |ReligiousAffiliation=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Temple of Saint Sava, Vračar, Belgrade, Serbia | |PrimaryShrine=Temple of Saint Sava, Vračar, Belgrade, Serbia | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Sava of Serbia''' (Serbian: '''Свети Сава / Sveti Sava'''; c. 1174 – 14 January 1236), born '''Rastko Nemanjić''' ('''Растко Немањић'''), was the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church, diplomat, legislator, and patron saint of Serbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/01/14/100190-saint-sava-archbishop-of-serbia |title=Saint Sava, Archbishop of Serbia |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Youngest son of Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (Saint Simeon) and Princess Anastasia, Rastko abandoned royal life at 17 to become a monk on Mount Athos, taking the name Sava. With his father (who abdicated and followed him as monk Simeon), he co-founded Hilandar Monastery in 1198, the spiritual centre of Serbian Orthodoxy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goarch.org/saint/sava-of-serbia |title=Saint Sava of Serbia |publisher=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Returning to Serbia in 1207 after the death of his father, he reconciled his warring brothers, translated his father’s relics to Studenica, and quelled unrest by preaching and healing. | '''Saint Sava of Serbia''' (Serbian: '''Свети Сава / Sveti Sava'''; c. 1174 – 14 January 1236), born '''Rastko Nemanjić''' ('''Растко Немањић'''), was the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church, diplomat, legislator, and patron saint of Serbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/01/14/100190-saint-sava-archbishop-of-serbia |title=Saint Sava, Archbishop of Serbia |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Youngest son of Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (Saint Simeon) and Princess Anastasia, Rastko abandoned royal life at 17 to become a monk on Mount Athos, taking the name Sava. With his father (who abdicated and followed him as monk Simeon), he co-founded Hilandar Monastery in 1198, the spiritual centre of Serbian Orthodoxy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goarch.org/saint/sava-of-serbia |title=Saint Sava of Serbia |publisher=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Returning to Serbia in 1207 after the death of his father, he reconciled his warring brothers, translated his father’s relics to Studenica, and quelled unrest by preaching and healing. | ||