The Frederic Baraga papers. 1831-1896.

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The Frederic Baraga papers. 1831-1896.

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Assembled and circulated by the Bishop Baraga Association to promote the cause of his beatification. Mainly letters from Baraga, they concern his work in Upper Michigan among the Chippewa/Ojibwa tribe as a missionary and later as Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie. Reflective of the rigors of missionary life, many also describe Native American lifestyles.

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Catholic Church. Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie.

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Catholic Church. Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette.

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Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868

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Frederic Baraga was born on June 29, 1797 in a Slovene province of Dobrinic, Carniola, later known as Slovenia. After receiving his preparatory education in Ljubljana, where his talent for languages was marked, he studied law at the University of Vienna. Upon graduation in 1821 he broke his engagement to marry, renounced his inheritance, and entered Ljubljana's seminary. He was ordained September 21, 1823. In 1830 he emigrated to the United States, and devoted thirty- six years of his life to th...

Bishop Baraga Association.

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