de Băsești was buried in his native village while the funeral procession was fired upon by Hungarian troops. His epitaph reads: "Lord, now let your servant depart in peace", the words he uttered at Alba Iulia. Pop de Băsești's birthplace is now home to a . Gallery References 1835 births 1919 deaths People from Maramureș County 19th-century Hungarian writers Austro-Hungarian lawyers Ethnic Romanian politicians in Transylvania Members of the House of Representatives (Hungary) Prisoners and detainees of Austria-Hungary Delegates of the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia Romanian bankers Romanian Greek-Catholics Romanian National Party politicians