The Prince Who Gave His Gold Away: A Story of the Russian Prince, Demetrius Gallitzin
| Year of Publication |
1938
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
218 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Sister Fides Glass |
| Publisher |
B. Herder Book Company
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| City |
St. Louis
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| Abstract |
A biographical novel about Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, a missionary priest and Russian aristocrat who converted to Roman Catholicism and formed the first Catholic colony in Western Pennsylvania. Gallitzin is popularly known as the Apostle of the Alleghenies.
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| Author Biography |
Mary Fides Glass (1889-1955) was born in Reade Twp., Cambria County. An accomplished painter, Glass served most of her life as a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, Westmoreland County.
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| Time |
1770s-1840s
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