Dimitrie Barilă, better known under his monastical

Monk

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 name Dosoftei (October 26, 1624—December 13, 1693), was a Moldavia

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n Metropolitan

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, scholar, poet and translator.

Born in Suceava

Suceava

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, he attended the school of the "Trei Ierarhi" Monastery of Iaşi

Iasi

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 and then at the Orthodox Brotherhood school in Lviv

Lviv

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, where he studied humanities

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 and learned several languages.

In 1648 he became a monk at Probota Monastery, and was later bishop

Bishop

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 of Huşi

Husi

Huși is a city in Vaslui County, Romania, former capital of the disbanded Fălciu County in the historical region of Moldavia, Romanian Orthodox episcopal see, and home of some of the best vineyards of Romania. The city is located on a branch of the Iaşi-Galaţi railway, nine miles west of the Prut...

 (1658–1660) and Roman

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 (1660–1671) to become Metropolitan bishop of Moldavia (1671–1674 and again 1675-1686). In 1686 he moved to Poland

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

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 where he stayed for the rest of his life.

He was one of the most important ethnic Romanian

Romanians

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 scholars of the 17th century, the very first important Romanian language

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 poet and the first translator into Romanian of epics, works on history, as well as religious scriptures Moldavia had. His most famous work is the Romanian psalter

Psalter

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 in verse

Poetry

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.

The Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Romanian Orthodox Church

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 canonized

Canonization

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Dosoftei in July 2005, a fact that was proclaimed on October 14, 2005. His feast day is December 13.