Jonas Trinkūnas

Jonas Trinkūnas
Romuva Krivis (High Priest) Jonas Trinkūnas at the 2009 Baltic historical re-enactment festival Apuolė-854
Born
Jonas Trinkūnas

(1939-02-28)28 February 1939
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Died20 January 2014(2014-01-20) (aged 74)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Other namesJaunius (The Young One)
Alma materVilnius University
Known forRevival of the Romuvan religion
TitleHigh priest (krivis) of Romuva
Term2002–2014
SuccessorInija Trinkūnienė
SpouseInija Trinkūnienė
ChildrenŽemyna, Rimgailė, Vėtra, Ugnė and Indrė
AwardsOrder of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2013)

Jonas Trinkūnas (28 February 1939 – 20 January 2014) was the founder of Lithuania's pagan revival Romuva, as well as being an ethnologist and folklorist.

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