Research carried out on the banks of the Danube in which Maglavit is situated on, prove that the area has been inhabited since at least 1500 B.C.

[2] In mid-1935, local Romanian Orthodox shepherd Petrache Lupu claimed to have seen and spoken with God.

However, interest in the story had withered by autumn 1938, the church remained largely unbuilt and the funds were embezzled.

[3] The episode was exploited by the far-right: Iron Guard supporter Nichifor Crainic eulogized Lupu, while his Sfarmă-Piatră was still mentioning him in April 1941.

Meanwhile, in 1935, Iron Guard sympathizer N. Crevedia claimed Lupu had cured him of uncontrollable blinking.