Saint John-Vladimir Prince of Duklja

Also known as John Vladimir · Jovan Vladimir · Prince of Bulgaria

A pious prince of Duklja in the Serbian lands who governed his people in peace and faith and was treacherously beheaded by a kinsman; he is venerated as a martyr and wonderworker, the earliest of the Serbian saints.

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Notes

OCA titles him 'Prince of Bulgaria'; commonly held in the Serbian/Duklja tradition.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints