Andrei Saguna and the Contemporary Historiography

The life and activity of Andrei Saguna drew the attention of several researchers, historians and theologians, for a long period of time. Hierarch, man of culture and publicist, leader of the nation, Saguna represents, in fact, an epoch in the history of Transylvania. This way, one can explain the large number of studies dedicated to the Romanian orthodox hierarch. The multitude and the variety of approaches on this subject, as well as the lack of an overview of these researches, were the motives that determined us to explore in depth this theme. The contemporary perspective on the Sagunian historiography we wish to offer is a diachronic one, rather than a synchronic or a critical one.