A Church-Building Community in Teiuş in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century
A Church-Building Community in Teiuş in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: After the fall of Timisoara and the surrender of Lipova in 1552, many refugees arrived in Transylvania from Banat. The refugees were a mixture of Serbs, Romanians and Hungarians, who settled mainly in southern Transylvania. The market town of Teiuº was one of the host settlements, and the Serbian- and Romanian-speaking population became the majority in Teiuş . This community, owing to its size and its leaders who faithfully served the princes of Transylvania, managed to build an Orthodox church in Teiuş by the end of the sixteenth century. The study presents the ktetors of the church and clarifies the erroneous information on the noble families who patronized the building of the place of worship.

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