Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Jesuit Died In A Rude Hut In A Camp Of Half-Breeds


Requiescat in pace.
At the early age of thirty-seven the
Rev. Philip Rappagliosi, S. J., has been called to his reward.
For the last five years he had Church soon after,
been laboring among the Flathead and Blackfeet Indians
of the Far West. On Thursday, February 7th, 1878 he died in a rude hut in a camp of half-breeds on Milk River, Montana. Father Decorby, O. M. J., attended his last moments and administered the last sacraments to him. May he rest in peace.
Link (here)
Painting is of a Flathead Indian
Hat Tip to the Scat Cat "Viator Catholicus"

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