Abstract
The offspring of an old boyar family from Neamț region, hieromonk Dionisie Hudici became known at the middle of the 18th century through his foundational deeds. The author reconstructed his family, life and activity based on the documents which constitute the Doljești Monastery fund from the Iași State Archives. After a short career first as a scribe in the country’s treasury and then as a second medelnicer, he made enough money through trading and usury to buy most of his family’s former estate, the Doljești village, from the Neamț region. There, after he was tonsured a monk, he founded a monastery, on an older monastic settlement, where he remained for the rest of his days. Full of initiatives and a good manager on one hand, and on the other benefiting from the constant help of Metropolitan Jacob of Putna, his spiritual father, hieromonk Dionisie managed to place his monastery among the richest and most renowned monasteries of his time, its assets multiplying constantly through acquisitions and princely privileges, and especially through donations from those who wished to be prayed for at the holy services.
Keywords
18th century, Dionisie Hudici, Doljești Monastery, testament, Vasile Ruset
