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Saint Paphnutius the Iconographer

Also known as Pârvu Mutu · Pafnutie Zugravul · Pârvu Pârvescu

The foremost Wallachian church painter of the Cantacuzino and Brâncoveanu era, who painted in fasting and silence and became a monk late in life. He reposed in 1735.

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Born Pârvu, 1657, Câmpulung-Muscel; reposed 1735. Took the monastic name Pafnutie. Glorified by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2017.

Sources: Basilica.ro; Romanian Orthodox Church canonization (2017)