Life of St. Sava (by Domentijan)

This article is about the first biography. For the second biography, see The Life of St. Sava (by Teodosije).

The Life of St. Sava
Also known as	Hagiography of St. Sava
Type	hagiography
Date	1243–54
Place of origin	Kingdom of Serbia
Language(s)	Old Serbian
Scribe(s)	Domentijan
Dedicated to	Saint Sava

The Life of St. Sava (Serbian: Žitije Svetog Save/Житије Светог Саве) was the biography of Saint Sava (1169–1236), the first Archbishop of Serbs (s. 1219–1235), written by Serbian monk Domentijan (1210–after 1264) in 1254. Serbian monk Teodosije the Hilandarian wrote a second biography of Saint Sava.

See also

• List of medieval Serbian literature

Further reading

• Domentijan; Dimitrije Bogdanović (1984), Zitije svetog Save, Gregorić
• Milojević, Snežana J. (2015). "Jevanđelje u Domentijanovom Životu Svetoga Save". Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini. 45 (2): 63–90. doi:10.5937/zrffp45-8564.
• Ivanović, Miloš (2019). "Serbian hagiographies on the warfare and political struggles of the Nemanjić dynasty (from the twelfth to the fourteenth century)". Reform and Renewal in Medieval East and Central Europe: Politics, Law and Society. Cluj-Napoca: Romanian Academy, Center for Transylvanian Studies. pp. 103–129.