Abstract
This article presents a series of epithets and titles attributed to Stephen the Great during the 1871 Putna Celebration. Most of them have been selected from the press of the time – the newspapers Trompeta Carpaților (“Trumpet of Carpathians”), Traian, Curierul de Iași (“Courier of Iași”), Convorbiri literare (“Literary Dialogues”), Albina (“The Bee”), Federațiunea (“The Federation”) – and show how the memory of this medieval prince of Moldavia was reflected at the time in the conscience of Romanians. Most epithets fit in the following categories: “Great”, “Holy”, “Good”, “Righteous” and express how precious was the memory of the founder of the Putna Monastery in the second half of the 19th century.
Keywords
epithets, press, Putna Celebration (1871), Putna Monastery, Stephen the Great
