Leitner, Alojzy, 1820-1908
Records from the Collegium Urbanum de Propaganda Fide in Rome identify Alozjy Leitner as being part of the Archdiocese of L'viv, but he was noted as coming from "Vallacus" and "Valascus ex missione Jasliensi," which implies coming from Wallachia in Romania or Moldova. In 1845, he was part of the commission to record the testimony of Makryna Mieczysławska. For political reasons, he asked to go to the United States in 1845, and there he became a professor at Mount St. Mary College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, from 1846-1849. He later moved to several parishes on the east coast in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, working several years in Chicago. He left for Algeria from 1894-1899, before returning to Chicago in 1899 to be the chaplain at the De La Salle Institute. From 1857, he began using the name Louis, and later after 1863 his surname was recorded as Lightner. He died in Chicago and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
- HMML ID
- 884436683951
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- LC name
- Leitner, Alojzy, 1820-1908
- HMML name
- Leitner, Alojzy, 1820-1908
- Library of Congress
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Variants
- Leitner, Alois
- Leitner, Aloisius
- Leitner, Aloys
- Leitner, Louis
- Leitnera, A.
- Leitnera, Aloizego
- Lightner, Louis
Name elements
- Given names
- Alojzy
- Family names
- Leitner
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1820
- Death date
- 1908
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place died
- Place residence
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General notes
- Description
- Alojzy Leitner; Aloisius Leitner; Louis after 1857, Lightner after 1863; birth date 1820, death date 1908, pastoral work in Illinois, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, Mission to Algeria, death and burial in Chicago.
- Citations
- Stanisław Jujeczka, Klerycy z ziem polskich, litewskich i pruskich święceni w Rzymie(XVI – pocz. XX w.) [Clerici ex terris Poloniae, Lithuaniae et Prussiae Romae seu Urbe ordinati (saec. XVI ad init. XX)] (Wrocław: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 2018), 149-150.
- Description
- X. Aloizego Leitnera, Teologa z Propagandy Rzymskiej
- Citations
- Opowiadanie Makryny Mieczysławskiej xieni Bazylianek Mińskich o ich siedmioletniem prześladowaniu za wiare (Paris: Ksiegarni Katolickiej Polskiej, 1846), https://polona.pl/item-view/b9a17e32-0d19-46f7-9b02-d0498b9709fd.
- Description
- L'abbé Aloys Leitner, Elève en Théologie de la Propagande, à Rome
- Citations
- Récit de Makrena Mieczyslawska, Abbesse des Basiliennes de Minsk (Paris: Jacques Lecoffre, et Cie, 1846), https://www.google.com/books/edition/R%C3%A9cit_de_Makrena_Mieczyslawska_Abbesse/cP-IbP8sLTAC.
- Citations
- USJ 01766, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed June 21, 2023, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/129740.
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Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-06-21
- Last edited
- 2024-03-12