GALLO, LUIGI. - Oblate missionary of the Virgin Mary and historiographer of the Burmese missions. Born at Cavignano (Turin) on 11 Nov. 1817, died at Nice (Marittima) on 16 Apr. 1863. He professed among the Oblates of the Virgin Mary on 21 June 1836, and departed for Ava and Pegu (Burma) on 22 July 1843, laboring there for 3 years with zeal and fruit; he returned in 1846 broken in health.
G. holds no negligible place in the historiography of the missions for his diligent work Storia del cristianesimo nell'Impero Birmano, preceded by notices of the country (3 vols., Milan 1862). He premises in fact ample notices on the geography, mineralogy, botany, zoology and ethnology of the country, and then narrates with sobriety the history of the evangelization of that region through the work of the Barnabites first and, after their withdrawal, for about thirty years, of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary: of which last period of history the author was himself for three years (1843-46) a witness and collaborator.
Having returned to Turin in 1847, he continued his ministry in the sanctuary of the Consolata until 1858. He was also a good musician, and some praise of the Madonna, still alive in popular use, is his work.
BibliographyT. Piatti, Cento onni di apostolato degli Oblati di Maria Vergine, Rome 1926, pp. 27-31.
BIBL.: T. Piatti, Cento onni di apostolato degli Oblati di Maria Vergine, Rome 1926, pp. 27-31.
Piatti, Tommaso. “Gallo, luigi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1909. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gallo-luigi.
MLA
Piatti, Tommaso. “Gallo, luigi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1909. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gallo-luigi.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_gallo_luigi,
author = {Piatti, Tommaso},
title = {Gallo, luigi},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1909},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gallo-luigi}
}
One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.
Click or scroll to zoom · drag to pan · Esc to close
