Frederic Baraga

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Frederic Baraga was a 19th-century Catholic missionary and bishop known for his work among Native American communities in the Great Lakes region and for compiling Ojibwe language dictionaries and grammars.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bishop Frederic Baraga 2
Frederic Baraga canonical 2
Frederic Irenaeus Baraga 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ
Servant of God ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
appointedBishopYear 1853 ⓘ
birthDate 1797-06-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Mala Vas, Duchy of Carniola ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Carniola

present-day Slovenia ⓘ
burialPlace St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
causeForCanonizationStatus Servant of God ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austrian Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1868-01-19 ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette ⓘ
educatedAt University of Vienna ⓘ
ethnicGroup Slovene ⓘ
fieldOfWork Catholic missions ⓘ
Native American linguistics ⓘ
Ojibwe language ⓘ
linked to: Chippewa language

pastoral care of Native Americans ⓘ
hasMemorial Baraga Avenue in Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
Baraga County, Michigan ⓘ
Baraga, Michigan ⓘ
Bishop Baraga Shrine, L'Anse, Michigan ⓘ
knownFor compiling Ojibwe dictionaries and grammars ⓘ
extensive travels on snowshoes ⓘ
missionary work among Native Americans in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
writing catechisms in Native American languages ⓘ
languageWritten French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Slovene ⓘ
missionaryTarget Ojibwe people ⓘ
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe

Ottawa people ⓘ
other Native American communities in the Great Lakes ⓘ
name Frederic Baraga ⓘ
Frederic Irenaeus Baraga ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Baraga

Frederick Baraga ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Baraga

Friderik Irenej Baraga ⓘ
nickname Snowshoe Priest ⓘ
notableWork A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language ⓘ
A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language ⓘ
Ojibwe–English dictionary ⓘ
catechisms in Ojibwe ⓘ
ordinationDate 1823-09-21 ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie ⓘ
Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baraga County, Michigan → namedAfter → Frederic Baraga ⓘ
Baraga County, Michigan → namedAfter → Bishop Frederic Baraga ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Baraga
Baraga, Michigan → namedAfter → Bishop Frederic Baraga ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Baraga
Frederic Baraga → name → Frederic Baraga ⓘ
Frederic Baraga → name → Frederick Baraga ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Baraga
Frederic Baraga → name → Frederic Irenaeus Baraga ⓘ
linked to: Frederic Baraga