Episcopul Climent al Râmnicului (1735 – 1749) ctitor de lăcașuri sfinte
Bishop Climent of Râmnic (1735 – 1749) founder of holy places

Summary/Abstract: The Episcopate of Râmnic was established in 1503 by the ruler Radu the Great (1495-1508). One of the bishops of this diocese was Climent, born in 1685 at the foot of Mount Buila, where his mother was at thes heepfold. He became bishop of Râmnic in 1735, while Oltenia was under Austrian rule (1718-1739). In the place where his mother gave birth to him, he founded the Pătrunsa hermitage (1740), and in his native village, Pietrarii de Jos, in Vâlcea county, he founded the Annunciation hermitage, near his parental home (1742-1744). Bishop Climent is referred to by Melete Răuțu, the Protopope of Vâlcea county in 1908, as „the most legendary bishop the Diocese of Râmnic has ever had”. His image can be found depicted at his foundations (Pietrarii de Jos, Bolnița, and the chapel of the Archbishopric of Râmnic), as well as at Polovragi, Ocnele Mari, Bodești, Bărbătești. He contributed financially to the hermitages of Colnicul and Comanca de Munte, and to the churches in Folești, Bârzești, Goran, and Budești-Argeș, being present along side other founders. He passed away on January 31, 1753.

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