Venerable (Monastic)16th century
Saint Platonida of Argeș
Also known as Despina Milița · Doamna Despina · Milica Branković · Despina Elena · the nun Platonida
Daughter of the Serbian despot Jovan Branković, she married Neagoe Basarab of Wallachia in 1505 and with him raised the monastery church of Curtea de Argeș, consecrated in 1517. Widowed and bereaved of three of her six children, she was tonsured a nun as Platonida in 1545 and ended her days at Sibiu.
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Their life
Daughter of the Serbian despot Jovan Branković, she married Neagoe Basarab of Wallachia in 1505 and with him raised the monastery church of Curtea de Argeș, consecrated in 1517. Widowed and bereaved of three of her six children, she was tonsured a nun as Platonida in 1545 and ended her days at Sibiu.
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Sources: Romanian Patriarchate communique, canonization of 16 women of holy life (1 July 2025); Basilica.ro; Doxologia.ro; Enciclopedia României