Mihail Moxa (; after 1550–before 1650) was a

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...

n historiographer and translator. Nothing is known about his family, but Moxa was probably from the

Oltenia Oltenia (, also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternative Latin names ''Wallachia Minor'', ''Wallachia Alutana'', ''Wallachia Caesarea'' between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania ...

region, and was a monk at the

Bistrița Monastery The Bistrița Monastery ( ro, Mănăstirea Bistrița, ) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 8 km west of Piatra Neamț. It was dedicated in 1402, having as original ctitor the Moldavian Voivode Alexandru cel Bun whose remains are buri ...

. He knew

Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with Standard language, standardizing the lan ...

well, translating religious texts into

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...

in a colorful and fluent style. He compiled the first extant chronicle in Romanian.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 151. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moxa, Mihail People from Oltenia Romanian Orthodox monks Moldavian and Wallachian chroniclers Early Modern Romanian writers Romanian translators Year of birth uncertain History of Wallachia