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Saint Dumitru Stăniloae

Also known as Dumitru Stăniloae · Father Dumitru Stăniloae

Priest and the foremost Orthodox theologian of twentieth-century Romania, who translated and edited the Romanian Philokalia and wrote a comprehensive Orthodox dogmatic theology. He was imprisoned under communism and reposed in Bucharest in 1993.

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Born 1903 at Vlădeni, Transylvania; imprisoned 1958–1963; reposed 1993, Bucharest. Glorified by the Romanian Orthodox Church (Feb 2025).

Sources: Basilica.ro; Orthodox Times; Romanian Orthodox Church synodal canonization (Feb 2025)