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Petru Maior (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetru ˈmajor]; 1761 in Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș, Romania) – 14 February 1821 in Budapest) was a Romanian writer who is considered[1] one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the Transylvanian School). Maior was a member of the Greek-Catholic clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist.

Works

Petru Maior took a stand and responded, in 1812, by writing the "History of the Beginnings of the Romanians in Dacia" against all those who questioned the origin, character, and the becoming of his people.[2] Among his works are

• "Didahii" (1809),
• "Propovedanii" (1809),
• "Prediche" (Sermons) (1810–1811)
• "Istoria pentru începutul românilor în Dachia" (History of the beginnings of the Romanians in Dacia) (1812)
• "Istoria Besearicei românilor" (History of Romanian Church) (1813).

He was a prolific writer, who published everything he wrote during his lifetime except for two theological works: "Procanon" (1783) and "Protopopadichia" (The power of the archpriests) (1795).[3]

The Buda Lexicon, a book published in 1825, included two texts by Petru Maior, Orthographia romana sive latino-valachica una cum clavi and Dialogu pentru inceputul linbei române, in which he introduced the letters ș for /ʃ/ and ț for /ts/, which have since been in use in the Romanian alphabet.[4]

References

Further reading

• Petru Maior University: Our Patron
• Dicţionarul Teologilor Români – Petru Maior (in Romanian)

На других языках

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- [en] Petru Maior

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[ru] Майор, Петру

Петру Майор (рум. Petru Maior; 1761 (1761), Тыргу-Муреш, Трансильвания — 2 февраля 1821, Буда, Австрийская империя) — румынский теолог, историк и лингвист, греко-католический священник, один из главных деятелей и идеологов национального возрождения румын.

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