Eustathius II of Serbia

Saint Eustathius II was archbishop of Serbia from 1292 to 1309. He is venerated as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church, and his commemoration is on 16 August by the old calendar (29 August on the new style).

In the times of his two predecessors, Eustathius the Elder and Jacob, and in his own, Serbia expanded greatly. In 1282 Skopje, the future capital, Polog, Ovče Polje, Zletovo, Pijanec, Kičevo and Debar were taken. In the north Braničevo and Vidin were taken by 1290. New dioceses were founded: Gračanica, Končan, Lim, Mačva, Braničevo, Belgrade and Skopje.

Eustathius II was the eighth Serbian archbishop. He restored the monastery of Žiča, where the archiepiscopal see had earlier been, only superficially. He first ordained at Žiča, then appointed the monk Daniel, the future great hagiographer and archbishop, abbot of Hilandar. With Dragutin Nemanjić he went before his death to Srem, and he withdrew from the church throne when King Milutin ascended the Serbian throne.