Angelina of Serbia
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Angelina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ангелина Бранковић, Albanian: Angjelina Arianiti, Church Slavonic: Преподобная Ангели́на Сербская (Бра́нкович), королева;[1] ca. 1440–1520), née Arianiti, was the Albanian Despotess consort of Serbian Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458–1459), and a daughter of Prince Gjergj Arianiti and his first wife Maria Muzaka. For her pious life she was proclaimed a saint and venerated as such by the Serbian Orthodox Church as Venerable Mother Angelina (Serbian: Serbian Cyrillic: Преподобна мати Ангелина / Serbian: Prepodobna mati Angelina[a]).
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Venerable Mother Angelina, Despotess of Serbia | |
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Saint, Venerable, Queen | |
Born | 15th century Berat, Ottoman Empire (present day Albania) |
Died | Beginning of the 16th century Krušedol Monastery, Ottoman Empire (present day Serbia) |
Venerated in | Serbian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Krušedol Monastery, Serbia |
Feast | July 1, July 30 or December 10 |
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