Saint Danilo II

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Saint Danilo II, fresco from Patriarchate of Peć

Saint Danilo II the Serb (Serbian Cyrillic: Свети Данило II српски) is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was originally an archbishop during the heyday of the Serb Nemanjić state under Tsar Dušan Silni in the 14th century. He was a chronicler who wrote many hagiographies and regiographies which are considered as a part of Serb medieval literature.

He is celebrated on the same day as Saint Ignatius of Antioch on January 2 [O.S. December 20] .

Preceded by
Saint Nikodim I
Metropolitan of Peć
1324–1337
Succeeded by
St. Joanikije II