Sketches of the Life of the Very Rev. Felix De Andreis, First Superior of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States and Vicar-General of the Diocese of New Orleans.

Published by Baltimore: Kelly Hedian & Piet, 1861

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Translated by Francis Burlando. "With a Sketch of the Progress of the Catholic Religion in the United States, from the Beginning of the Present Century to the Year 1860". Ex convent library. Pp.276, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of Convent of the Immaculate Conception O.S.F. Bocking Essex and small bookseller's label (Burns & Lambert, Gt. Portland St) to inside front board. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine slightly dulled, minor edge wear. G+.** "Felix de Andreis, in full Andrew James Felix Bartholomew De Andreis (1778-1820), Vincentian priest and pioneer missionary to the American West. Ordained at Piacenza (Italy) in 1802, Andreis was transferred (1806) to Rome, where he served as preacher, professor of theology, and apostle to the poor. While on a visit to Rome in 1815, William Du Bourg, the bishop of Louisiana, arranged for Andreis to serve his diocese. Andreis was appointed temporary vicar-general and superior of a band of missionaries who embarked for the American missions. After a long delay at the Seminary of St. Thomas in Kentucky, where he taught theology, Andreis arrived in St. Louis in 1817 and was appointed vicar-general. He was professor and administrator of two colleges, one for seminarians and one for laymen, and supervised the erection of a novitiate at the Barrens, 80 miles (130 km) south of St. Louis. During his lifetime he gained a reputation for sanctity, and several miracles were attributed to his intercession after his death". (Encyc.Britannica).…

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Title
Sketches of the Life of the Very Rev. Felix De Andreis, First Superior of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States and Vicar-General of the Diocese of New Orleans.
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ROSATI, Joseph / SEMERIA, Giovanni Battista.:
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Baltimore: Kelly Hedian & Piet
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1861
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