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May 1742 – Archpriest and historian RADU TEMPEA II, son of priest Radu
Tempea I passed away. He studied at the school near the church of “Saint
Nicholas” in Șcheii Brașovului, then he became a teacher too, and in
parallel deacon (1713); priest at the same church (ordained on 19
February 1718 in Bucharest, by Antim Ivireanul), then archpriest of
Brașov and of Țara Bârsei (ordained, December 1735), operating till his
death; defender of Orthodoxy and the Romanians rights in Șcheii
Brașovului. He wrote The History of the Holy Church of Șcheii Brașovului
from 1484 to 1742 (remained in manuscript), with many deeds he himself
lived. The book was drafted by Sterie Stinghe in 1899 and by Octavian
Șchiau-Livia Bot in 1969, with a good foreword.
