Bucovina. Din nou despre Andrei Popovici
Bukovina. Andrei Popovici Revisited

Summary/Abstract: This article reopens the discussion on Andrei Popovici, the village priest in Udesti, who was the focus of one of our previous studies on Bukovina, published in Meridian Critic (Diaconu 2018). This rereading is based on the discovery of a text written by V. Simiganovschi, himself a priest in Udesti between 1908-1936, in which he wanted to reveal what he called “the mythology” created around this emblematic figure. However, a close analysis of the facts and contexts calls into question V. Simiganovschi’s hypothesis and allows for new interpretations of priest Andrei Popovici s decision to not make a formal oath of allegiance to the Austrians in 1777. Moreover, the whole anecdotal evidence also highlights certain particularities of the Bukovinian spirit, which no longer fits common stereotypes.

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