Maglavit

Maglavit
Commune
Maglavit
Coordinates: 44°2′N 23°6′E / 44.033°N 23.100°E / 44.033; 23.100
Country	Romania
County	Dolj County
Population (2011)^[1]	4,875
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Maglavit is a commune in Dolj County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hunia and Maglavit.

In mid-1935, local Romanian Orthodox shepherd Petrache Lupu claimed to have seen and spoken with God. Over the following three years, some two million pilgrims came to Maglavit, 10 million lei in donations were raised and King Carol II ordered the construction of a church on the site of the reported miracle. However, interest in the story had withered by autumn 1938, the church remained largely unbuilt and the funds were embezzled.^[2] The episode was exploited by the far-right: Iron Guard supporter Nichifor Crainic eulogized Lupu, while his Sfarmă-Piatră was still mentioning him in April 1941. Meanwhile, in 1935, National Christian Party affiliate N. Crevedia claimed Lupu had cured him of uncontrollable blinking.^[3]

Marsh on the Danube
Site of Lupu's reported miracle

Dolj County, Romania

Cities	Craiova (county seat) Băilești Calafat

Towns	Bechet Dăbuleni Filiași Segarcea

Communes	Afumați Almăj Amărăștii de Jos Amărăștii de Sus Apele Vii Argetoaia Bârca Bistreț Botoșești-Paia Brabova Brădești Braloștița Bratovoești Breasta Bucovăț Bulzești Călărași Calopăr Caraula Cârcea Cârna Carpen Castranova Catane Celaru Cerăt Cernătești Cetate Cioroiași Ciupercenii Noi Coșoveni Coțofenii din Dos Coțofenii din Față Daneți Desa Dioști Dobrești Dobrotești Drăgotești Drănic Fărcaș Galicea Mare Galiciuica Gângiova Ghercești Ghidici Ghindeni Gighera Giubega Giurgița Gogoșu Goicea Goiești Grecești Întorsura Ișalnița Izvoare Leu Lipovu Măceșu de Jos Măceșu de Sus Maglavit Malu Mare Mârșani Melinești Mischii Moțăței Murgași Negoi Orodel Ostroveni Perișor Pielești Piscu Vechi Plenița Pleșoi Podari Poiana Mare Predești Radovan Rast Robănești Rojiște Sadova Sălcuța Scăești Seaca de Câmp Seaca de Pădure Secu Siliștea Crucii Șimnicu de Sus Sopot Tălpaș Teasc Terpezița Teslui Țuglui Unirea Urzicuța Valea Stanciului Vârtop Vârvoru de Jos Vela Verbița

Coordinates: 44°02′N 23°06′E / 44.033°N 23.100°E / 44.033; 23.100

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↑ (Romanian) Populaţia stabilă după etnie - judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, National Institute of Statistics; accessed August 29, 2015
↑ Dragoș Carciga, "Maglavit - miracol sau escrocherie?", in Historia, July 23, 2010
↑ Radu Ioanid, "Characteristics of Rumanian Fascism", in Matthew Feldman, Fascism, p. 131. Taylor & Francis, 2004, ISBN 978-041-529-019-7

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