Nikodim I of Peć Никодим I Пећки | |
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 Coronation of Stefan Dečanski | |
| His Holiness Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs Archbishop of All Serbian andMaritime Lands | |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| See | Metropolitanate of Peć |
| Installed | 1316 |
| Term ended | 1324 |
| Predecessor | Sava III |
| Successor | Danilo II |
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| Died | 1325 (1326) |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Christian |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | May 11/24 |
| Canonized | by Serbian Orthodox Church |
Nikodim I of Peć andNikodim of Hilandar (Serbian:Никодим I Пећки) was a monk-scribe atHilandar before becoming the 10thSerbian Archbishop from 1316 to 1324, he died in the year 1325. He is aSerbian saint and theEastern Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on May 11/24.[1] Nikodim is the author ofRodoslov: srpskih kraljeva i vladika (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).
In 1314, heir apparentStefan Uroš III was exiled toConstantinople after quarrels with his father, kingStefan Milutin.[2] In 1317, Uroš III asked Nikodim to intervene between him and his father. Nikodim's autobiographical note was inscribed in a manuscript entitled "A Visit to Constantinople" in the year 1318 and 1319. In 1320, Milutin allowed Uroš III to return upon the persuasion of Nikodim.[3][4]Stefan Konstantin, Uroš's half-brother and heir to the throne, was crowned king upon the death of Milutin in 1321.[5] Civil war erupted when Konstantin refused to submit to Uroš III, who then invaded Zeta, and in the ensuing battle, Konstantin was killed.[5] After the victory, on January 6, 1322, Nikodim crowned UrošKing and DušanYoung King.[6][7]
While he was the Abbot of hisalma materHilandar,[8] Nikodim requested that a certain protos (monk-priests) of Mt. Athos by the name of Theophanes issues an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion ofSaint Sava inKaryes, Mount Athos, a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. With the statement of the month, indiction, year, and the signatures of the Protos and the witnesses. Although the language is coarse and abounds in solecisms and "barbarisms", making it difficult to read, it was copied in skilled handwriting.
He co-founded 14th centurySerbian OrthodoxVratna monastery alongsideSerbian kingStefan Milutin (1282–1321) of theNemanjić dynasty.[9]
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