Demetrius Gallitzin
Posted by: Gosffo
N 40° 30.125 W 078° 37.855
17T E 700744 N 4486182
Russian prince-priest,The Apostle of the Alleghenies.
Waymark Code: WM7GX7
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2009
Views: 12
Marker Text: Here is the tomb of the Russian prince-priest who gave up a life of ease for a frontier mission. Founder of Loretto, Catholic colony, 1799. St. Michael's is on the site of his chapel. He died here May 6, 1840.
Marker Name: Demetrius Gallitzin
County: Cambria
Date Dedicated: 08/19/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: SR 1005 (former LR 276), Loretto
Category: Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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