Emanuele, della Croce, 1839-1910
Italian Discalced Carmelite friar and missionary who was sent on mission to Syria in 1866. Between 1883 and 1904 he was apostolic prefect of the Syrian mission, building a chapel in Tripoli and restoring one hospital and building another in Alexandretta.
- HMML ID
- 588299032722
- PURL
- LC name
- Emanuele, della Croce, 1839-1910
- HMML name
- Emanuele, della Croce, 1839-1910
Variants
- Emmanuel, a Cruce
- Gaggi, Giovanni
- Gaggi, Ioannes
Name elements
- Given names
- Giovanni
- Family names
- Gaggi
- Honorific suffixes
- O.C.D.
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1839-03-19
- Death date
- 1910-12-10
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place died
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
General notes
- Description
- Emmanuel a Cruce, P., Italus, prov. Hetruriae; i. saec. Ioannes Gaggi; nat. 19.III.1839 in S. Maria di Casalino; (Firenze); prof. 17.II.1859; sacerd. oct. 1862; missus in Syriam (Kobbayath) a. 1866; 1883-1904 Praefectus Apost. Miss. Syriae; construxit capellam in Tripoli (Syriae), restauravit hospitium in Alexandretta, exstruxit hospitium pro Sororibus ibidem, aperuit novam Missionem in Beilan; obiit 10.XII.1910 in Tripoli
- Citations
- P. Ambrosius a S. Teresia, O.C.D., Nomenclator Missionariorum Ordinis Carmelitarum Discalceatorum (Rome: Apud Curiam Generalitiam, 1944), 133, https://digicarmel.com/viewer.vm?id=2668&page=135.
- Description
- 19/3/1839 Birth: Italy; 10/12/1910 Death: Lebanon; 17/2/1859 Profession; 10/1862 Priesthood; Circumscription: Toscana; Civil name: Gaggi, Giovanni; Religious name: Emanuele della Croce, OCD // Emmanuel a Cruce
- Citations
- "Person: Emanuele della Croce, OCD (1839 - 1910)," DigiCarmel, accessed July 11, 2024, https://digicarmel.com//details.vm?q=id:0000038711&view=persons.
- Description
- Fr. Emanuele della Croce; letter written in Italian from Tripoli
- Citations
- AGOCD 00495 007, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed July 11, 2024, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/789156.
Preferred citation
"Emanuele, della Croce, 1839-1910." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified July 11, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/588299032722
Change notes
- Date added
- 2024-07-11
- Last edited
- 2024-07-11
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