Danilo II, Serbian Archbishop

Danilo II (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило II) was the Archbishop of Serbs 1324 to 1337, under the rule of Kings Stephen Uroš III (1321–1331) and Dušan the Mighty (1331–1355, crowned Emperor in 1345). As a Serbian monk, he was also a chronicler, active in court and Church politics, holding the office during the zenith of the Nemanjić dynasty-era; he wrote many biographies which are considered part of the most notable medieval Serbian literature. He was proclaimed Saint Danilo II (Свети Данило II) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and is celebrated on the same day as Saint Ignatius of Antioch on 2 January [O.S. 20 December].

Saint Danilo II
His Holiness, Archbishop of Serbs Archbishop of All Serbian and Maritime Lands
Saint Danilo II, fresco from Patriarchal Monastery of Peć
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Monastery of Peć
Installed	1324
Term ended	1337
Predecessor	Nikodim I
Successor	Joanikije II
Personal details
Nationality	Serb
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	2 January [O.S. 20 December]
Canonized	by Serbian Orthodox Church

Life and work

Danilo II with Prophet Daniel.

Born around 1270, his given name is not recorded, only that he belonged to a Serbian noble family. He was endowed with a fine intellect and a noble disposition; he had received an excellent education at the hands of the most learned men in Medieval Serbia and in Byzantium. Danilo wrote biographies of Serbian medieval kings and archbishops, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stephen Dragutin of Serbia (1276–1282). His monumental work is referred to in the poetry of Serbian folklore as knjige starostavne (the ancient books) and knjige carostavne (the royal books). As a result of his work, many historical details concerning both the rulers of medieval Serbia and the members of the Nemanjić dynasty have been preserved.

Legacy

He is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs.

References

Translated and adapted from Serbian: https://www.rastko.rs/kosovo/pecarsija/ljudi/vl_sava-danilo_II_l.html

Sources

Episkop šumadijski Sava (2001) [1996]. "Sveti Danilo II arhiepiskop srpski". Srpski jerarsi od IX do XX veka (in Serbian). Projekat Rastko. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
Лопандић, Душко (2009). "Архиепископ српски Данило II" (in Serbian). Politikin zabavnik. Archived from the original on 2014-06-04.
Justin Sp Popović (1976). Žitija svetih (in Serbian). Izdanje Manastire sv. Ćelije kod Valjeva.

Archbishop Danilo II; Đura Daničić (1866). Životi kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih (in Serbian). US. Galca.
"Архиепископ Данило II и његово доба". Међународни научни скуп поводом 650 година од смрти (in Serbian). Belgrade: САНУ. December 1987.

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Nikodim I	Archbishop of Serbs 1324–1337	Succeeded by Joanikije II

Spiritual leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Archbishops

1219–1346	Sava (St.) Arsenije Sremac (St.) Sava II (St.) Danilo I (St.) Joanikije I (St.) Jevstatije I (St.) Jakov (St.) Jevstatije II (St.) Sava III (St.) Nikodim I (St.) Danilo II (St.) Joanikije II (St.)

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II
1557–1766	Makarije Sokolović (St.) Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Sokolović Jovan Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije I Kalinik II
since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1848	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović of Belgrade and Karlovci: Mojsije Petrović Vićentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Đorđević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojisije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić
Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci 1848–1920	Josif Rajačić Samuilo Maširević Prokopije Ivačković German Anđelić Georgije Branković Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade

1831–1920	Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

Metropolitans of Montenegro

1766–1920	Sava Petrović Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

Serbian saints
St. Angelina St. Basil of Ostrog St. Danilo II St. Gavrilo Rajić St. Grigorije the Silent St. Helen of Anjou St. Jovan Vladimir St. Prince Lazar / St. Princess Milica St. Makarije Sokolović St. Maksim Branković St. Nikodim I St. Nikolaj of Ohrid and Žiča St. Peter of Cetinje St. Sava St. Sava II St. Simeon the Monk St. Simeon the Myrrh-streaming St. Stefan Lazarević St. Stefan Štiljanović St. Stefan Uroš St. Stefan of Dečani St. Stefan the Blind St. Stefan of Piperi St. Teodor Komogovinski St. Vladislav St. Vukašin St. Georgije Bogić St. Justin of Ćelije St. Hieromartyr Joanikije St. Avakum the Deacon St. Metropolitan Petar of Dabar-Bosna St. Sava of Gornji Karlovac St. Platon of Banja Luka St. Varnava of Hvosno St. Pajsije of Janjevo

Serbian literature
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Medieval literature	Stefan the First-Crowned Saint Sava Domentijan Teodosije the Hilandarian Jakov of Serres Patriarch Jefrem Danilo II Stanislav of Lesnovo Princess Milica of Serbia Jefimija Jelena Balšić Stefan Lazarević Konstantin Mihailović Martin Segon Demetrius Kantakouzenos Pachomius the Serb Dimitar of Kratovo Vladislav the Grammarian Hieromonk Makarije
Pre-19th century	Giovanni Bona de Boliris Pajsije of Janjevo Andrija Zmajević Arsenije III Čarnojević Đorđe Branković Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović Emanuel Kozačinski Vasilije Petrović Hristofor Žefarović Jovan Rajić Zaharije Orfelin Pavle Julinac Simeon Piščević Dositej Obradović Petar I Petrović-Njegoš Vićentije Rakić Stefano Zannowich Gerasim Zelić Aleksije Vezilić Avram Miletić Emanuilo Janković Joakim Vujić Atanasije Stojković Pavle Solarić
19th century	Jovan Došenović Lukijan Mušicki Matija Nenadović Milovan Vidaković Vuk Karadžić Sima Milutinović Sarajlija Jovan Sterija Popović Milorad Popović Šapčanin Đorđe Marković Koder Petar II Petrović-Njegoš Jovan Subotić Jakov Ignjatović Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša Branko Radičević Jovan Ilić Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja Ljubomir Nenadović Stojan Novaković Đura Jakšić Milan Milićević Marko Miljanov Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Lazar Komarčić Laza Kostić Kosta Trifković Milovan Glišić Laza Lazarević Simo Matavulj Stevan Sremac Ivo Vojnović Vojislav Ilić Dragutin Ilić Janko Veselinović Svetolik Ranković Aleksa Šantić Ivo Ćipiko Radoje Domanović Svetozar Ćorović Bora Stanković
20th century	Branislav Nušić Slobodan Jovanović Jovan Dučić Isidora Sekulić Petar Kočić Jovan Skerlić Vladislav Petković Dis Sima Pandurović Milutin Uskoković Veljko Petrović Dragiša Vasić Stanislav Vinaver Milutin Bojić Ivo Andrić Branislav Crnčević Miloš Crnjanski Momčilo Nastasijević Ljubomir Micić Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz Jovan Popović Rastko Petrović Milorad Petrović Seljančica Desanka Maksimović Rade Drainac Dušan Vasiljev Vladan Desnica Oskar Davičo Predrag Dragić Meša Selimović Milovan Đilas Mihailo Lalić Branko Ćopić Dobrica Ćosić Dobrica Erić Vasko Popa Vojislav Ilić Mlađi Mileta Jakšić Vladeta Jerotić Nikola Koljević Dejan Medaković Grozdana Olujić Milan Rakić Duško Radović Antonije Isaković Duško Trifunović Aleksandar Tišma Jaša Tomić Mira Alečković Milan Kašanin Radomir Konstantinović Stevan Raičković Slobodan Rakitić Miodrag Pavlović Milorad Pavić Aleksandar Popović Danko Popović Borislav Pekić Miodrag Bulatović Stevan Jakovljević Ivan V. Lalić Jovan Ćirilov Mika Antić Živojin Pavlović Svetlana Velmar-Janković Branko Miljković Nikola Milošević Danilo Kiš Momo Kapor Miroslav Josić Višnjić Slobodan Selenić
Contemporary	Dragoslav Mihailović Ljubomir Simović Vida Ognjenović Ljubivoje Ršumović Matija Bećković Filip David Milisav Savić Milovan Danojlić Vuk Drašković Gojko Đogo Antonije Đurić Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović Prvoslav Vujčić Vidosav Stevanović Milovan Vitezović Rajko Petrov Nogo David Albahari Dušan Kovačević Siniša Kovačević Zoran Živković Dragan Velikić Svetislav Basara Vladislav Bajac Radoslav Pavlović Jelena Lengold Vladimir Pištalo Goran Petrović Vladan Matijević Aleksandar Gatalica Biljana Srbljanović Uglješa Šajtinac Marko Vidojković
Literary awards	NIN Award Isidora Sekulić Award

Authority control	BNF: cb121388200 (data) GND: 102432171 ISNI: 0000 0003 8215 9084 LCCN: n89624072 NKC: js2005269389 NTA: 119736918 SUDOC: 067744710 VIAF: 263432044 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n89624072

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Danilo II, Serbian Archbishop

Life and work

Legacy

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References

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