Father Dumitru Iliescu-Palanca the Confessor
Born in 1903, Dumitru Iliescu came from a peasant family from the village of Palanca, in the commune of Nemoiu in Vâlcea, and attended the theological seminary in Râmnicu Vâlcea, then in Roman. In 1929 he was appointed priest of the suburban parish of Oltenița, where he worked hard to rebuild the church, one of the most beautiful on the left bank of the Danube, founded a cultural centre under the patronage of St. Nicholas, with a library and a hall for festivities, and organised parties and cultural-artistic evenings to bring young people as close as possible to the altar.