Sava Branković was a 17th-century Eastern Orthodox metropolitan and historian who lived in the Principality of Transylvania. Born in Ineu in 1615, he was a member of a notable Serbian family and received an extensive education at various monasteries. He was elected to lead the church in Transylvania in 1656, after which he took monastic vows. Throughout his leadership, he worked to protect his congregation from religious and political pressures exerted by the Ottoman Empire, Calvinists, and the Roman Catholic Church.