ACCOLTI, MICHELE. - Jesuit missionary, b. at Conversano (Bari) on 29 Jan. 1807, d. at San Francisco on 7 Nov. 1878. Having entered the Society in Rome in 1832, in 1843 he was assigned to the Indian missions of North America and embarked at Antwerp with Fr. Pierre-Jean de Smet (v.). A long account of his journey is published by B. Accolti-Gil, Padre Michele Accolti, Bari 1916, pp. 65-129. In 1849 he founded, with Fr. Giovanni de Nobili, the new California mission, and in 1850 he was superior of that of Oregon. Having come to Rome in 1853, he succeeded in having these two missions accepted by the Turin province of the Order. Having returned to America, A. was professor and prefect of studies at Santa Clara, and preached in New York and San Francisco, where he spent the last ten years of his life.
Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Missions Missionaries and missiologists
Accolti, Michele
Also known as: Father Michele Accolti; Italian: Padre Michele Accolti
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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 200.
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Lamalle, Edmondo. “Accolti, michele.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 200. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/accolti-michele.
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Lamalle, Edmondo. “Accolti, michele.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 200. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/accolti-michele.
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author = {Lamalle, Edmondo},
title = {Accolti, michele},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {200},
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publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/accolti-michele}
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