. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Landowner, librarian, philanthropist, revolutionary, monk, civil servant"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Scarlat Vasile V\u00E2rnav, or Sofronie V\u00E2rnav (also known as Charles Basile Varnav, Charles de Wirnave, Varnavu or V\u00EErnav; died January 6, 1868 [O.S. December 25, 1867]), was a Moldavian and Romanian political figure, philanthropist, collector, and Orthodox clergyman. The scion of an aristocratic family, he was made to study for a career in the church, but fled Moldavia and studied abroad. Acquainted with the Romanian liberal movement, and an ardent Romanian nationalist, he helped establish bodies of intellectuals dedicated to cultural and political cooperation across the Danubian Principalities and beyond\u2014including, in 1846, the Romanian library of Paris. His purchase of mainly Baroque paintings, donated by him to Academia Mih\u0103ilean\u0103, forms the core of the Ia\u0219i Museum of Art."@en . . . . "Scarlat V\u00E2rnav"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Signature of Scarlat V\u00E2rnav on La proclamation adress\u00E9e aux repr\u00E9sentants du peuple fran\u00E7ais, 1848-03-21.svg" . . . . . "c. 1801\u20131813"@en . . . . . . . . "Vasile V\u00E2rnav"@en . "52910307"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Member of the Assembly of Deputies of Romania"@en . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Constantin V\u00E2rnav"@en . "Romanian"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "1868-01-06"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1867-12-26"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Scarlat Vasile V\u00E2rnav"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Eliza Jora"@en . . . . . . . "Portrait of V\u00E2rnav in monastic clothes"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "(Sofronie V\u00E2rnav)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1868-01-06"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "Fr\u0103\u021Bia"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1868-01-06"^^ . . . . . . . "57789"^^ . . "Signature of Scarlat V\u00E2rnav on La proclamation adress\u00E9e aux repr\u00E9sentants du peuple fran\u00E7ais, 1848-03-21.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Scarlat Vasile V\u00E2rnav"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "230"^^ . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . "1116111590"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Scarlat Vasile V\u00E2rnav, or Sofronie V\u00E2rnav (also known as Charles Basile Varnav, Charles de Wirnave, Varnavu or V\u00EErnav; died January 6, 1868 [O.S. December 25, 1867]), was a Moldavian and Romanian political figure, philanthropist, collector, and Orthodox clergyman. The scion of an aristocratic family, he was made to study for a career in the church, but fled Moldavia and studied abroad. Acquainted with the Romanian liberal movement, and an ardent Romanian nationalist, he helped establish bodies of intellectuals dedicated to cultural and political cooperation across the Danubian Principalities and beyond\u2014including, in 1846, the Romanian library of Paris. His purchase of mainly Baroque paintings, donated by him to Academia Mih\u0103ilean\u0103, forms the core of the Ia\u0219i Museum of Art. With Nicolae B\u0103lcescu and C. A. Rosetti, V\u00E2rnav also managed the Society of Romanian Students in Paris, whose revolutionary agenda brought him into conflict with European governments. He then played a small part in the French Revolution of 1848, before returning to take orders at Neam\u021B Monastery, a Hieromonk and Starets. Throughout the 1850s, he and his brother Constantin, who was the son-in-law of Gheorghe Bibescu, took part in the nationalist movement that established the United Principalities, and was especially active as an electoral campaigner. However, his support of modernization in schools and the church was not welcomed by the religious establishment, and his stand-off with the conservative monks of Neam\u021B resulted in the establishment of a dissident monastery. Subsequently, V\u00E2rnav lost the backing of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza, although he still approved of Cuza's authoritarian agenda. After campaigning nationally in support of Carol I, V\u00E2rnav ended his career in Tutova County. Active in antisemitic circles, he was allied with the Free and Independent Faction. On this basis, he contested a seat in the Assembly of Deputies during December 1867, but died after sudden illness just days after winning. Rumors of his poisoning by the Romanian Jews sparked a riot, which had to be quelled by armed intervention, and an official inquiry. He was survived by his brother Constantin and a nephew, engineer and politician ."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Moldavian"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .