Nicodemus I of Peć

Serbian archbishop and saint (d. 1325)

Saint

Nikodim I of Peć
Никодим I Пећки

Coronation of Stefan Dečanski

His Holiness
Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs
Archbishop of All Serbian and Maritime Lands
Church| Serbian Orthodox Church
See| Metropolitanate of Peć
Installed| 1316
Term ended| 1324
Predecessor| Sava III
Successor| Danilo II
Personal details
Died| 1325
Nationality| Serb
Denomination| Eastern Orthodox Christian
Sainthood
Feast day| May 11/24
Canonized| by Serbian Orthodox Church

Nikodim I of Peć and Nikodim of Hilandar (Serbian: Никодим I Пећки) was a monk-scribe at Hilandar before becoming the 10th Serbian Archbishop from 1316 to 1324, he died in the year 1325. He is a Serbian saint and the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on May 11/24.[1] Nikodim is the author of Rodoslov: srpskih kraljeva i vladika (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).

## Life

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In 1314, heir apparent Stefan Uroš III was exiled to Constantinople after quarrels with his father, king Stefan Milutin. 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.[2] Stefan Konstantin, Uroš's half-brother and heir to the throne, was crowned king upon the death of Milutin in 1321.[3] Civil war erupted when Konstantin refused to submit to Uroš III, who then invaded Zeta, and in the ensuing battle, Konstantin was killed.[3] After the victory, on January 6, 1322, Nikodim crowned Uroš King and Dušan Young King.[4]

While he was the Abbot of his alma mater Hilandar,[5] 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 of Saint Sava in Karyes, 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 century Serbian Orthodox Vratna monastery alongside Serbian king Stefan Milutin (1282–1321) of the Nemanjić dynasty.[6]

## See also

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* Teodosije the Hilandarian (1246-1328), one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages
* Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310-1355), builder of Saint Archangels Monastery
* Antonije Bagaš (fl. 1356-1366), bought and restored the Agiou Pavlou monastery
* Lazar the Hilandarian (fl. 1404), the first known Serbian and Russian watchmaker
* Pachomius the Serb (fl. 1440s-1484), hagiographer of the Russian Church
* Miroslav Gospel
* Gabriel the Hilandarian
* Constantine of Kostenets
* Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus'
* Gregory Tsamblak
* Isaija the Monk
* Grigorije of Gornjak
* Rajčin Sudić
* Jakov of Serres
* Romylos of Vidin
* Atanasije (scribe)
* Domentijan

## References

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1. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας. 11 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. ^ Fine 1994, p. 262.
3. ^ a b Fine 1994, p. 264.
4. ^ Fine 1994, p. 263.
5. ^ Upadhya, Om Datt (1994). The Art of Ajanta and Sopoćani: A Comparative Study : An Enquiry in Prāṇa Aesthetics. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 9788120809901.
6. ^ "The Vratna Nunnery | Travel Serbia". Travel to Serbia. Travel.rs. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

## Sources

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* Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
* G. Subotić (1982). "Pećki Parijarh i ohridski arhiepiskop Nikodim". ZRVI. 21: 213–236.

## External links

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* NIKODIM: Pomirio kraljeve i gradio crkve (archived) - Kurir, Oct. 28, 2015

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