Rastko (later canonized as St. Sava), the …
Years: 1219 - 1219
August
Rastko (later canonized as St. Sava), the younger brother of Stefan II Nemanja, Grand Prince of Serbia, counters his brother's affinity to the Roman Catholic church by traveling in 1219 to Nicaea—refuge of the exiled patriarch of Constantinople—where he receives the title of autocephalous archbishop of Serbia.
Emperor Theodore Lascaris has meanwhile strengthened his ties to the Latin empire by taking as his third wife Maria, daughter of the empress Yolanda, and by proposing that Greek and Latin clergy meet in Nicaea to consider the reunion of the two churches.
In August 1219, Theodore makes a lucrative commercial agreement with the Venetians in Constantinople.
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People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Latin Empire of Constantinople (“Romania”)
- Nicaea, Empire of
- Serbia, Kingdom of
