Teodor Calmăşul was a low level
boyar
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from the
Orhei
Orhei (), also formerly known as Orgeev (), is a city, municipality and the administrative centre of Orhei District in the Moldova, Republic of Moldova, with a population of 21,065. Orhei is approximately north of the capital, Chișinău.
Hist ...
region of
Bessarabia
Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...
, founder of the
princely
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family of
Callimachi, the hellenized form of the name.
He established himself in
Câmpulung
Câmpulung (also spelled ''Cîmpulung'', , , Old Romanian ''Dlăgopole'', ''Длъгополе'' (from Middle Bulgarian), or ''Câmpulung Muscel'') is a municipiu, city in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is attested on the Fra Mauro map fro ...
, where he founded a church. The chronicles of
Ioan Canta portray him as a "good God-fearing Christian, living his life with little opportunity under the protection of the church and with other good deeds, according to his ability."
Two of his sons attained important positions.
Ioan Teodor Callimachi
John Theodore Callimachi (; 1690–1780) was List of rulers of Moldavia, Prince of Moldavia from 1758 to 1761.
Early years
Ioan was the second son of Teodor Calmăşul. Teodor, born Calmăşul, changed the family name to the Greek form Callima ...
was a Prince of Moldavia from 1758 to 1761, and
Gavriil Callimachi rose to the position of Metropolitan of Moldavia which he held until his death in 1786.
Sources
* Nita Dan Danielescu. "Gavriil Callimachi, ctitorul Catedralei mitropolitane Sf. Gheorghe din Iasi" ''Ziarul Lumina,'' 2006-02-20
17th-century Moldavian people
Callimachi family
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