The contribution of Saint Joseph the Merciful to the heritage of the Library of the Romanian Academy was explained by a researchertranslated

Researcher Oana Mădălina Popescu, librarian-archivist at the Romanian Academy Library, presented, in an interview granted to Radio UZPR, the contribution to the heritage of the cultural institution made by Saint Hierarch Joseph the Merciful.

"Iosif Naniescu's donations substantially, quantitatively and qualitatively enriched the funds and collections of the library of the Romanian Academy", said the specialist.

Oana Mădălina Popescu recalled that the Romanian Academy was preceded by the Romanian Literary Society, established in 1866 and later transformed into the Romanian Academic Society. The main objectives of the institution were the cultivation of the national language, history, literature, sciences and arts.

Bishop Dionisie Romano, another scholarly hierarch and donor of the institution, had an important role in the establishment of the Academy Library.

A manuscript of ecclesiastical law from 1754 Among the works donated by Saint Joseph the Merciful is the Romanian manuscript 1468, which contains "Vactiria", a collection of laws translated from Greek into Romanian in 1754, with the care and financial support of Metropolitan Iacov Putneanu of Moldova.

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