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Demetrius Gallitzin was a Russian prince-priest who gave up a life of ease for a frontier mission. He founded Loretto, a Catholic colony, in 1799. Saint Michael's stands on the site of his chapel. He died here on May 6, 1840.
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Loretto, Pennsylvania · United States
