RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Sava

1169 - 1236

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Saint Sava (Serbian: Свети Сава / Sveti Sava, Serbian pronunciation: [sʋɛ̂ːtiː sǎːʋa]; Old Church Slavonic: Свѧтъ Сава / Ⱄⰲⰵⱅⰻ Ⱄⰰⰲⰰ; Greek: Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law, and a diplomat. Sava, born as Rastko Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Растко Немањић), was the youngest son of Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (founder of the Nemanjić dynasty), and ruled the appanage of Zachlumia briefly in 1190–92. He then left for Mount Athos, where he became a monk tonsured with the name Sava (Sabbas). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Sava has received more than 642,827 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Saint Sava is the 306th most popular religious figure (up from 416th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

Saint Sava is most famous for founding the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Sava ranks 306 out of 3,187. Before him are Tiye, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Habakkuk, Pope John XXI, Pope Gregory V, and Abu Dawood. After him are Jacques de Molay, Pope Agatho, Amenhotep I, Maximilian Kolbe, Irenaeus, and Pope Sergius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1169, Saint Sava ranks 1. After him are Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Alexios II Komnenos, and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin. Among people deceased in 1236, Saint Sava ranks 1. After him are Suleyman Shah, Moinuddin Chishti, Iltutmish, John, Old Lord of Beirut, Qul Ghali, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Roger of Wendover, and Rukn ud din Firuz.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Saint Sava ranks 17 out of 661. Before him are Constantius II (317), Aurelian (214), Constantius Chlorus (250), Peter I of Serbia (1844), Valentinian I (321), and Gratian (359). After him are Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), Probus (232), Karađorđe (1768), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), and Stefan Lazarević (1374).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Saint Sava ranks 2. Before him are Jerome (345). After him are Martin of Braga (520), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).

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