Peregrin Saxon
bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
Peregrin Saxon (Serbo-Croatian: Peregrin Saksonac/Перегрин Саксонац; died on 28 January 1356), also called Peregrin of Saxony, was the first vicar of Bosnia, later becoming Archbishop-elect of Split and Bishop of Bosnia.
Vicar
Peregrin was a Franciscan friar who became a friend of Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, giving much influence to the order in the country otherwise notorious for its autonomous (and deemed heretical) Bosnian Church. The vicariate was established by Gerard Odonis with Stephen's approval in 1340, and although Peregrin is first mentioned as vicar in 1344, it is clear that he had been installed earlier. Stephen, who became Catholic in the 1340s, praised Peregrin's work on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church to the papacy and requested that the vicar be allowed to summon more monks from various orders to help him. Stephen insisted that the monks sent to Bosnia "know Slavic or at least have the aptitude to learn it", as Peregrin had diligently done and demanded from other missionaries.
Peregrin led the construction of monasteries throughout Bosnia, from Mile (near Visoko) to Kraljeva Sutjeska, Olovo, Srebrenica, and more. In 1346 Pope Clement VI allowed him to construct two monasteries outside Bosnia, in Ston and Đakovo, for the monks to rest and recover. Involving himself with spiritual as well as secular issues in Bosnia, Peregrin functioned as a chancellor to the Ban. He assisted Stephen in his efforts to conclude an alliance with Serbia and Venice against Hungary, and was so influential that Venetian authorities instructed their ambassadors to Bosnia to explain their missions to him before approaching the ruler.
Bishop
When the Archbishop of Split Domenico Luccari died in 1348, the chapter elected Peregrin as his successor.
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