Alexandru Onoriu Nicolici – Priest-martyr of the communist prisons
Born on 3 October 1911 in Vălișoara (near Caransebeș), his parents being the priest Toma and the priestess Anastasia (née Suru), Alexandru Onoriu Nicolici attended the first and second primary classes in the neighbouring village of Bucoșnița between 1919 and 1920, and the third and fourth classes in Caransebeș between 1920 and 1921. He then enrolled at the “Traian Doda” Gymnasium in Caransebeș, where he studied from 1921 to 1929 and, after passing the baccalaureate examination, attended the famous Theological Academy of Caransebeș (1929-1933), where he graduated with a “distinction”. He completed his theological studies at the Faculty of Theology […]