Inocențiu Micu-Klein
Ioan Inocențiu Micu-Klein | |
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Gennadius Bizanczy | |
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Born | Ioan Micu 1692 |
Died | 22 September 1768 (aged 75–76) Rome |
Ioan Inocențiu Micu-Klein, also known by his lay name Ioan Micu (1692 – 22 September 1768), was a
Life
He was born as Ioan Micu (Inocențiu being his clergy name, and Klein the German translation of his surname, sometimes rendered back into Romanian transcription as Clain) in Sadu, nowadays in Sibiu County, in 1692 from a lower-class family. He studied by the Jesuits in Cluj and trained in theology in Trnava.[1]
On 18 November 1728, following the death of previous bishop Ioan Giurgiu Patachi, the electoral synod convened and Micu resulted the more voted, even if he was young and he had not yet terminated his studies. Accordingly, on 12 July 1729 the
Immediately after his enthronement, he summoned an ecclesiastic synod which issued 20 decrees on administrative, disciplinary, sacramentary issues. In 1737, he moved the bishopric seat from Făgăraș to Blaj, and laid the foundations to the local cathedral in 1741.
As a member of the Diet (Parliament) of Transylvania, Inocențiu Micu began to press the
First pressing for rights for clergy and converts, he soon began to petition for freedom for all Romanians. Micu petitioned the Habsburg court for over forty years to this end. His perseverance ultimately made both the Austrian Empress
Exiled in 1744, Micu moved to Rome and he had to resign a few years later, on 7 May 1751. He died in Rome 17 years later, on 22 September 1768.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b "Episcopul Ioan Inocențiu Micu Klein". BRU. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ ISBN 973-9288-11-1.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ Sándor de Bertha (1899). Magyars et Roumains devant l'histoire. Paris. p. 282.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
References
- Corneliu Albu, Pe urmele lui Ion-Inocențiu Micu-Klein ("Following in the Footprints of Ion-Inocențiu Micu-Klein"), Bucharest, 1983.
- Augustin Bunea, Din istoria Românilor. Episcopul Ioan Inocențiu Klein (1728-1751) ("From the History of Romanians. Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (1728-1751)"), Blaj, 1900.
- Dumitru Stăniloae, "Lupta și drama lui Inocențiu Micu Clain" ("The Struggle and Tragedy of Inocențiu Micu Clain"), in Biserica Ortodoxă Română, 88, Bucharest, 1968.
- Aloisiu Tăutu, "Testamentul și moartea Episcopului Inocențiu Micu-Klein" ("The Last Will and Death of Bishop Inocențiu Micu-Klein"), in Buna Vestire, 9, Rome, 1970.