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Dmitar Nemanjić

Dmitar Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дмитар Немањић, d. after 1286), also known as Dimitrije Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Немањић), was a Serbian prince, from the Nemanjić dynasty.

Feast
September 24old style October 7
Reposed
128613th century

Life

Dmitar Nemanjić, also called Dimitrije, was a Serbian noble of the Nemanjić house, regarded as a nephew of the holy king Stephen according to Orthodox sources, who died after 1286 as a monk with the name David. The Church honours him as Venerable David of Serbia.

In the world he was named Demetrius. He built a monastery at Brodarevo, on the river Lim, and there he received the monastic tonsure with the name David and lived in ascetic struggle to the end of his life. He is commemorated on 24 September (new style), that is 7 October old style, the date used by the Serbian Church.

Commemorated the same day September 24