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About Niculae M. Popescu
- Niculae M.
- Popescu (February 10, 1881–February 11, 1963) was a Romanian theologian, historian and priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born in Dâmbovicioara, Dâmbovi?a County, his father was a priest.
- He attended Nifon Seminary in Bucharest from 1893 to 1901, and in 1902 took his high school graduating examination at Saint Sava National College.
- He attended two faculties at the University of Bucharest, theology and literature, obtaining degrees in 1907 and 1908.
- From 1910 to 1913, Popescu attended courses in history and Byzantine studies at the University of Vienna, taking a doctorate in history in 1913.
- He served as a deacon at Zamfira Monastery from 1908 to 1910, at the Romanian Orthodox chapel in Vienna during his time there and, from 1913 to 1920, at Bucharest's Cotroceni Monastery.
- Between 1919 and 1923, he directed the chancery for the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia.
- Ordained a priest, he served at two parishes: Schitul Magureanu (1920 to 1926) and Bradu Boteanu (1926 to 1933).
- Popescu directed the Nifon seminary from 1923 to 1924, and from 1922 to 1946 headed the Romanian church history department in Bucharest's theology faculty, a post he secured upon Nicolae Iorga's recommendation.
- Elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1920, he was elevated to titular status in 1923 and stripped of membership by the new communist regime in 1948.
- He was the Academy's vice president from 1939 to 1943.
- He taught religion to once and future King Michael I of Romania from 1932 to 1940; the two remained close thereafter.From 1923 to 1948, he belonged to the historic monuments commission, and served as general secretary in the Religious Affairs Ministry between 1931 and 1939.
- He took part in the Byzantinology congresses at Bucharest (1924), Belgrade (1927), Sofia (1934) and Rome (1936).
- From 1927, he presided over a choral society, organizing concerts at home and abroad.
- He published studies on church history and the history of Romanian culture, as well as monographs about various bishops and priests.
- Popescu's son Mihai, a theater actor, died in 1953; his wife Eufrosina followed in 1955.
- In 1960, he donated his personal library, numbering over 7000 books, including rare titles and manuscripts, to the Romanian Patriarchate.
- He was buried at Bellu cemetery.
- Aside from Iorga, his friends and correspondents included Tit Simedrea, Vasile Pârvan, Sextil Pu?cariu and Ioan Bianu.
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