Saint Angelina of Serbia

Angelina Branković (; ; ; –1520), née Arianiti, was a Serbian princess of Albanian origin who served as Despotess Consort of Serbia through her marriage to Despot Stefan Branković . 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 .

Life Angelina, born as a member of the Albanian Arianiti family, was the sixth daughter of Gjergj Arianiti (1383–1462), and Maria Muzaka (1410s–1440s), eldest daughter of Despot Andrea III Muzaka and his wife Anna Zenevisi, Lady of Grabossa. In 1460, she married exiled Serbian ruler Stefan Branković , son of the former Despot Đurađ Branković . They met when Stefan came to Northern Albania, to visit Skanderbeg, who was married to Angelina's elder sister Andronika Arianiti. They lived in Shkodër, at the time under Albania Veneta. In 1461, she gave birth to her eldest son Đorđe (anglicised: George), who was named after Skanderbeg and her father Gjergj Arianiti.

Eventually, the couple left Albania for Northern Italy, and acquired castle Belgrado in the region of Friuli. and 30 July, also being commemorated on 10 December together with her husband, St. Stephen, and her son, St. John. She wrote a hagiography known as the Hagiography of Mother Angelina .

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