Daniel of Turnu Monastery

Venerable Daniel of Turnu Monastery was a hermit and spiritual father in the Cozia massif, on the bank of the Olt, together with Saint Misail. Learned in Holy Scripture and in the teachings of the holy Fathers, and living worthily and skilfully in the monastic life, he was found worthy of the grace of priesthood.

In a time of hermits around Cozia, he was the confessor to whom Venerable Neophytus and Meletius of Stânișoara came to confess and receive communion. His cell, carved in the rock, can still be seen near Turnu, and his relics, with those of Misail, lie since 1676 under the church built by Metropolitan Varlaam. The Romanian Orthodox Church canonized him together with Misail, Neophytus and Meletius.

He is commemorated on 5 October (new style).