medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Sorry to be such a pain but the king is called Stephen (or Stjepan) Nemanja not Nemnaja.
Regards,
Marina Vidas
> Sabas of Serbia (d. 1235) Sabas (Sava) is the national saint of Serbia and
> is accounted the founder of the Serbian national church. Sava was born in
> c. 1175 as son of King Stephan Nemnaja of Serbia. At a young age, Sava
> became a monk at Mount Athos, where he took the name Sava. Together with
> his father (who in 1197 voluntarily gave up his throne and also became a
> monk on Mt. Athos), Sava founded a monastic colony that became a center of
> spiritual life for centuries. Sava returned to his homeland to intervene
> in his brothers' dispute over whether Serbia should ally itself with the
> eastern or western church, and in 1219 succeeded in having an independent
> Serbian archbishopric created, which he served as first archbishop.
>
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