Saint Sava III ( sr, Свети Сава III / ''Sveti Sava III''; died July 16, 1316) was the
Archbishop of Serbs from 1309 to 1316. Upon completing his studies,
he began as a hegumen in
Hilandar
The Hilandar Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Хиландар, Manastir Hilandar, , el, Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. It wa ...
, then became the
Bishop of Prizren. During his office as bishop, he worked on the
Bogorodica Ljeviška church in
Prizren
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. In 1309 he became the Archbishop. Sava III was an important figure of the development of architecture in
Medieval Serbia
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. Prior to the founding of the
Banjska monastery, which Sava III did not survive, King
Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...
consulted with him. In his charters confirming the
endowment
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s of King Milutin, he is styled "Archbishop of All Serbian and
Maritime Lands". He rebuilt the
Church of Saint George in
Staro Nagoričane. According to the testimonies of his successor Archbishop
Nikodim I
Nikodim I of Peć and Nikodim of Hilandar ( sr, Никодим I Пећки) was a monk-scribe at Hilandar before becoming the 10th Serbian Archbishop from 1316 to 1324, he died in the year 1325. He is a Serbian saint and the Eastern Orthodox Chu ...
, he regularly donated to Hilandar. The
Serbian Orthodox Church venerate him as ''Saint Sava III'' on July 26 (August 8, Gregorian calendar).
References
Sources
*Pakitibija.com, Житије срба светитеља: Сава Трећи, светитељ - архиепископ
14th-century Serbian people
14th-century Christian saints
14th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
Archbishops of Serbs
Serbian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
People of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
Year of birth missing
1316 deaths
Medieval Serbian Orthodox bishops
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