Sava II

For the Vladika (Prince-Bishop) of Montenegro, see Sava II Petrović-Njegoš.

Saint Sava II (Serbian: Свети Сава II, romanized: Sveti Sava II; 1201–1271) was the third archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, serving from 1263 until his death in 1271. He was the middle son of King Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanjić dynasty and his Byzantine wife Eudokia Angelina. He had two brothers, Stefan Radoslav and Stefan Vladislav, and a sister, Komnena. 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 21 February.

Saint Sava II Сава II
Sava II, Visoki Dečani
His Holiness the Archbishop of Serbs
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Installed	1263
Term ended	1271
Predecessor	Arsenije I
Successor	Danilo I
Personal details
Born	Predislav 1201 Ras
Died	1271
Nationality	Serbian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sainthood
Canonized	by Serbian Orthodox Church

Born as Predislav (Serbian Cyrillic: Предислав) in c. 1198, he was the middle son of King Stefan the First-Crowned and Eudokia Angelina. He had brothers Stefan Radoslav (b. 1192), Stefan Vladislav (b. 1198), and half-brother Stefan Uroš I (b. 1223). He also had two sisters, Komnena being the only one whose name is known.

King Stefan the First-Crowned, who had become ill, took monastic vows and died in 1227.^[1] Radoslav who was the eldest son succeeded as King, crowned at Žiča by Archbishop Sava,^[1] his uncle. The younger sons, Vladislav and Uroš I, received appanages.^[1] Sava II (Predislav) was appointed bishop of Hum shortly thereafter, later serving as archbishop of Serbia (1263–1270).^[1] The Church and state was thus dominated by the same family and the ties between the two as well as the family's role within the Church continued.^[2]

Burial of Sava II, Patriarchal Monastery of Peć

See also

• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church