The Prince Who Gave His Gold Away: A Story of the Russian Prince, Demetrius Gallitzin

TitleThe Prince Who Gave His Gold Away: A Story of the Russian Prince, Demetrius Gallitzin
Year of Publication1938
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes218 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsGlass, Sister Fides
PublisherB. Herder Book Company
CitySt. Louis
KeywordsAllegheny Portage Railroad; Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939); Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840); immigrants; Irish Americans; McGuire's Settlement; Michael McGuire (1717-93); Pennsylvania Canal; priests; Roman Catholics; Russian Americans
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.

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.

Time

1770s-1840s