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Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (December 22, 1770 – May 6, 1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest known as "The Apostle of the Alleghenies" and also in the United States as Prince Galitzin. He was a member of the House of Golitsyn.
Servant of God Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840) Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin was born of a Russian prince of Lithuanuan roots and a German countess in the Hauge, Netherlands on December 22, 1770. He left his claim to nobility and came to America in 1792.
2 mag 2024 · Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (born Dec. 22, 1770, The Hague, Neth.—died May 6, 1840, Loretto, Pa., U.S.) was one of the first Roman Catholic priests to serve as a missionary to European immigrants in the United States during the early 19th century. He was known as the “Apostle of the Alleghenies.”
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Father Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, son of Prince Dmitri Gallitzin and Countess Amalia von Schmettau, was not to be the only famous Catholic member of his family. Nor was he the only member of the family to become a pioneer missionary in the United States of America.
Prince, priest, and missionary, Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin was born at The Hague on December 22, 1770; he died at Loretto, Pennsylvania on May 6, 1840. He was a scion of one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most illustrious families of Russia.
13 set 2002 · Description. Bishop Tobin gives a summary of the life of the famous priest, Demetrius Gallitzin, whose cause for canonization is being studied by the Congregation for Saints. Fr. Gallitzin...
GALLITZIN, DEMETRIUS AUGUSTINE. Pioneer missionary; b. The Hague, Holland, Dec. 22, 1770; d. Loretto, Pa., May 6, 1840. He was the son of the Russian Prince Demetrius, a scientist, and Countess Amalia Gallitzin, daughter of a Prussian field marshal.
