Saint Andrew in Romania
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saint-andrew-in-romania-170-13018253
title:
Saint Andrew in Romania
text:
The legend of Saint Andrew in Romania tells that today's territory of Romania was Christianized by Saint Andrew in the 1st century AD. While these claims lack any historical and archeological evidence, the legend has been embraced as fact by both the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian state, both during Ceaușescu's protochronism period and after 1989, when Saint Andrew was named the patron saint of Romania. The legend is recent and based on references by 3rd century writer Hippolytus of R
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew_in_Romania
date created:
2013-06-13T19:17:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T03:43:53Z
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13
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