The Apostle of the Alleghenies: A Pageant Based on the Life and Work of the Prince Priest, Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Year of Publication |
1940
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Publication Type |
Playscript
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
59 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
Albert A. Gartland |
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Abstract |
A biographical drama about Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, a missionary priest and Russian aristocrat who converted to Roman Catholicism and formed the first Catholic colony in Western Pennsylvania.
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Notes |
Opened in Loretto, Cambria County on Memorial Day 1940 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Gallitzin’s death.
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Author Biography |
Albert A. Gartland (1906-76) was a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona.
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Time |
1770s-1840s
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Published |
unpublished
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