St Joannicius, Patriarch of Serbia (+1349)

Saint Joannicius, Patriarch of Serbia, came from the city of Prizren. It is known that he was at first secretary to the king of Serbia, and then from 1339 governed the Church with the rank of archbishop. In 1346 a council of the hierarchs of all Serbia, which the Patriarch of Bulgaria also attended, at the wish of King Dušan chose Archbishop Joannicius as patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The holy father reposed on 3 September 1349. He is buried in the monastery of Peć.