Dmitar Nemanjić was a Serbian Prince, the son of Vukan Nemanjić and the nephew of King Stefan II the First-Crowned. He is venerated as Saint David Nemanjić with the title of the Venerable

Venerable

The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...

(Prepodobni) in the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

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Life

He was the son of Vukan Nemanjić, he had two brothers Đorđe and Stefan

Stefan Vukanović Nemanjić

Stefan Vukanović Nemanjić was a Serbian Prince, the son of Vukan Nemanjić and the nephew of King Stefan II the First-Crowned. He built the Morača monastery.-Life:...

. In April 1271, he asked Emperor Michael VIII to grant the Chilandar a possession of the Struma river

Struma River

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. He then took monastic vows, under the name David. He had the Davidovica Monastery near Brodarevo

Brodarevo

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 on the Lim river

Lim River

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 built in August 1281, with the help of masons of Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

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. He is mentioned in 1286 when he travelled to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage

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He had a son, Vratislav. His grandson Vratko is the father of Princess Milica. He is venerated every September 24 (October 7 on the new calendar) in the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

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