Maglavit

Maglavit
Commune
Maglavit
Coordinates: 44°2′N 23°6′E / 44.033°N 23.100°E / 44.033; 23.100
Country  Romania
County Dolj County
Population (2011)[1] 4,875
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Maglavit is a commune in Dolj County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hunia and Maglavit.

History

In mid-1935, local Romanian Orthodox shepherd Petrache Lupu claimed to have seen and spoken with God. Over the following three years, some two million pilgrims came to Maglavit, 10 million lei in donations were raised and King Carol II ordered the construction of a church on the site of the reported miracle. However, interest in the story had withered by autumn 1938, the church remained largely unbuilt and the funds were embezzled.[2] The episode was exploited by the far-right: Iron Guard supporter Nichifor Crainic eulogized Lupu, while his Sfarmă-Piatră was still mentioning him in April 1941. Meanwhile, in 1935, Iron Guard sympathizer N. Crevedia claimed Lupu had cured him of uncontrollable blinking.[3]

Coordinates: 44°02′N 23°06′E / 44.033°N 23.100°E / 44.033; 23.100

References

  1. ↑ (in Romanian) Populaţia stabilă după etnie - judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, National Institute of Statistics; accessed August 29, 2015
  2. ↑ Dragoș Carciga, "Maglavit - miracol sau escrocherie?", in Historia, July 23, 2010
  3. ↑ Radu Ioanid, "Characteristics of Rumanian Fascism", in Matthew Feldman, Fascism, p. 131. Taylor & Francis, 2004, ISBN 978-041-529-019-7


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