Constantin Erbiceanu (born Constantin Ionescu; August 15, 1838–March 21, 1913) was a

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n theologian and historian. Born in

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, Iași County, his father was the Romanian Orthodox priest Ioan Ionescu. His mother died he was ten, the family was of modest means, and it was only after his 1873 marriage to Aglae Negrescu that Erbiceanu was freed of material cares. He studied at the Veniamin Costache seminary from 1850 to 1858 and the theology and literature faculties of

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from 1860 to 1864. From 1865 to 1868, he attended specialty courses in theology at Athens University. He was a professor of general church history and canon law at Socola Seminary in

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from 1868 to 1886, and at the central seminary in

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from 1886 to 1892. While in Iași, his family home had an elevated intellectual atmosphere. Frequent visitors included

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, Alexandru Lambrior and

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; even

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dropped in at times. From 1887 to 1892, he was a professor of introductory theology at Bucharest University's theology faculty, teaching canon law there from 1892 to 1903. He served as faculty dean from 1896 to 1900, and from 1897 to 1904 was a substitute professor of Greek at that institution."Constantin Erbiceanu"
entry in Mircea Păcurariu, ''Dicționarul Teologilor Români''. Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 1996Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 566. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. Elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1890, he was raised to titular status in 1899. He also belonged to learned societies in Constantinople. Among Romania's first Hellenic studies specialists, he translated and published numerous Greek documents regarding the history of the Romanians. These appeared especially in ''Revista Teologică'', which he led from 1883 to 1887, and also in ''Biserica Ortodoxă Română''. Other studies deal with the history of the church in Moldavia and the lives of Romanian cultural personalities. His daughter

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became a noted pianist and music professor. One son became a road engineer, another studied literature and a third took up a military career.Nastasă, p. 120, 319-20

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