Sava, Archbishop of Serbia (1174–1236), was born in the Serbian purple and named Ratsko, which doesn’t sound as odd in Serbian as in English. (One hopes.) He was given more-than-titular rule of the Appenage of Hum, and everyone (except his deposed uncle Miraslav) said he did a great job of it. But he must have… Continue reading January 12 – Sava, Archbishop of Serbia; Marguerite Bourgeoys