Petru Pavel Aron (1709–1764) was
Bishop of Făgăraş and
Primate
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of the
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
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from 1752 to his death in 1764. He also translated the
Biblia Vulgata into Romanian (1760–1761).
Life
Petru Pavel Aron was born
Bistra in 1709. He studied by the
Jesuit
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s in
Cluj
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and later in
Trnava
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where he studied philosophy.
He continued his studies of theology in the
College of the Propaganda
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,
Rome
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, where he remained till his doctorate in 1744. While in Rome, he took the
monastic vows
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in the
Basilian Order
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on 26 May 1742, and on 4 August 1743
he was ordained a
priest
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.
Returned to
Transylvania
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, he became the vicar of the
bishop of Făgăraş Inocenţiu Micu-Klein. When in 1744 Micu-Klein, because of his petitions for freedom for all Romanians, was exiled in Rome, in a short time Aron remained as the reference figure in the Church. He actually was appointed
Vicar general
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of the diocese of Fagaras on 31 August 1745.
On 4 November 1751, following the forced resignation of Micu-Klein, the electoral synod convened and Aron resulted the more voted. Accordingly, on 28 February 1752 the
Habsburg monarch,
Empress Maria Theresa
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, designated him as new bishop and
Pope Benedict XIV
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confirmed the designation on 6 July 1752. He was consecrated
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
on 1 September 1752
by
M. Olsavszky, the
Eparch of Mukachevo, in the monastery of
Máriapócs
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.
As bishop, he strongly supported instruction, opening the first primary school in
Blaj
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, establishing over fifty parish schools, and founding the diocesan
printing press
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in Blaj. The pastoral activities of Aron were hindered by the disturbance of the Orthodox monk
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, which took the proportions of a violent riot supported by the Serbians.
He died in
Baia Mare
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on 9 March 1764.
Works
Petru Pavel Aron was a literate and a writer. His main works are:
* ''Our Holy Father
John Damascene
John of Damascus ( ar, يوحنا الدمشقي, Yūḥanna ad-Dimashqī; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, ; la, Ioannes Damascenus) or John Damascene was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and a ...
(in la, Sancti patris nostri Joannis Damasceni)''
* ''Philosophic and Theological Works (in la, Opera Philosophica et Theologica)''
* ''Comforting letter about the divine inspiration of the Scriptures (in la, Epistola consolatoria ex divinitus inspiratis Scripturis)'', Blaj, 1761;
* ''Principles and definitions of the Council of Florence (in la, Exordium et definitio sanctae œcumenicae synodi Florentinae exantiqua graecolatina editione desumpta)'', 1762;
* ''Principles of Christian doctrine (in la, Institutio docrinae christiane)'', 1764.
He also translated in
Romanian
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the
Bible
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from the Latin
Vulgata
The Vulgate (; also called (Bible in common tongue), ) is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible.
The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels u ...
version: ''Biblia Vulgata'', Blaj, 1760-1761
[vol. I-V, Editura Academiei Române, 2005]
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1709 births
1764 deaths
Translators of the Bible into Romanian
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Order of Saint Basil the Great
Romanian people in the Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)
18th-century Eastern Catholic bishops
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