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Patiția was also sent to the second such conference, which took place in 1884 and discussed the program of political passivism adopted by
Transylvania's Romanians. In 1887, he founded a public library in the building of Alba Iulia's Orthodox school; to Patiția's disappointment, it was later shut down by
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Romanian patriotic music. Official harassment continued: he was charged with violence against state authorities but acquitted. However, his signing of a
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chapter for Alba Iulia. He became its secretary in 1872 and a life member in 1887. The organization held annual conventions, where he would speak about the importance of education. The city's residents chose him as a delegate to the national conference of
Romanian electors, held at Sibiu in 1881.
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