Vasile Lucaciu
Appearance
Vasile Lucaciu | |
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Bust in Baia Mare | |
Born | |
Died | 29 November 1922 | (aged 70)
Citizenship | Austria-Hungary, Romania |
Known for | journalistic activity |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Politics, Theology |
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Vasile Lucaciu (January 21, 1852 in Apa, Szatmár – November 29, 1922 in Satu Mare) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic priest and an advocate of equal rights with the Hungarians in Transylvania.
He was a member of the National Romanian Party and a co-author of the Transylvanian Memorandum (1892). As a consequence, Vasile Lucaciu was tried for "homeland betrayal" in Kolozsvár/Cluj in May 1894 and sentenced to five years in prison. However he was released after one year.
In 1905 he was elected deputy for the Belényes/Beiuş constituency in the Hungarian Parliament.
In March 1917, Vasile Lucaciu was a member of a group of exiled Romanian Habsburg subjects who were sent as a delegation to the United States to campaign for Romania's cause.
References
- Alexandru Ciura, "Biografia părintelui Vasile Lucaciu" (Sibiu, 1928).
- Florin Mirghesiu - "Iaşi - Washington via Siberia, Coreea, Japonia şi Hawaii", in Magazin Istoric, no. 12, December 2004.
- Gelu Neamţu, "Vasile Lucaciu şi voluntarii români în armata Statelor Unite în primul război mondial (1917-1918)", In: AUDC ist., 2001.