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4 unusual facts about Joseph Rosati


Joseph Rosati

Rosati then moved to Perryville, Missouri, where he opened St. Mary of the Barrens Seminary in 1818, to educate the young men of the region and to train new members for the Vincentian Society.

There they were welcomed by the Rev. Henry Pratte, a native of the town and the first native-born Catholic priest of Missouri.

Rosati, Missouri

Italian immigrants moved here starting in 1898, and in 1934 renamed the postoffice after the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis, the Italian-born Joseph Rosati.

Stevensville, Montana

The remaining two Salish men secured a visit with St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati who assured them that missionaries would be sent to the Bitter Root Valley when funds and missionaries were available in the future.



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