Teodor Aaron (or Aron) (1803 – February 6, 1867) was a Romanian Greek Catholic clergyman and historian. He was born in the village of Cikendál,

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, now Țichindeal,

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. He studied at the Greek Catholic Church in

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, and graduated from Central Seminary in

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in 1828. Aaron was ordained on October 30, 1829. After that he worked as a teacher and principal at the Belényes (

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) Gymnasium (1830-1835). In 1835 he became a priest in Galsa, and in 1839 in Arad. In 1842, he started working as an "revisor" of the Romanian-language books published by the Buda University Press. From 1848 he was a priest in Gyalány ( Delani), and only returned to

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in 1851 as the Romanian government's official translator. In 1855, he became a priest in

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, and in 1857 in

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Works

*''Scurta apendice la Istoria lui Petru Maior care prin adevarurile marturisirii a mai multor sriitori vechi, inceputul romanilor din romani adevarati la mai mare lumina il pune''. Buda, 1828 *''Anotari din istoria eclesiastica. Despre urzarea si latirea credintiei crestine intre romani''. Pest, 1850 (Adnotations on ecclesiastic history. On the ..and spreading of the Christian faith among the Rumanians) *''Catehetica practica sau aratarea cum sa se propuna invataturile catihetice a credintei crestinesti la varsta cea tanara'', Buda, 1843 (Practical Catechism or Showing how to suggest catechismal teachings of Christian learning at a young age) *''Cuvantari bisericesti despre cele sapte pacate ale capeteniei pe duminecile paresimilor'', Buda, 1847, 66 p. (Sermons on the seven cardinal sins on Lent Sundays)

External links

* http://biserica.org/WhosWho/DTR/A/TeodorAron.html * http://mek.oszk.hu/03600/03630/html/toc/a.htm 1803 births 1867 deaths People from Sibiu County Romanian Greek-Catholic priests 19th-century Romanian historians {{RomanianGreekCatholic-stub