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Angelina of Serbia

Angelina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ангелина Бранковић; Church Slavonic: Ангели́на Бра́нкович; Albanian: Angjelina Arianiti; c. 1440–1520), née Arianiti, was an Albanian princess of who served as Despotess Consort of Serbia through her marriage to Despot Stefan Branković (r. 1458–1459). She was a daughter of Prince Gjergj Arianiti, an important military leader against Ottoman invasion, and Princess Maria Muzaka, his first wife. For her pious life she was proclaimed a saint and venerated as such by the Serbian Orthodox Church as Venerable Mother Angelina (Serbian: Преподобна мати Ангелина, romanized: Prepodobna mati Angelina).

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• ▸Church of the Covenant (Boston)
• ▸Joseph Glasco
• ▸Grace Church (Providence, Rhode Island)

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