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The first biography of St. Innocent, part 3

Jul 20, 2010

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by

Matthew Namee

in Firsts, Orthodoxy in the Americas, Saints

What follows is Part 3 of Charles Hale’s 1877 biography of St. Innocent. Click here to read Part 1, and click here to read Part 2. Consecrated for a great work he [Innocent] was as prompt to set about it as he was earnest in his labor. Stourdza’s “Remembrancer” contains a number of letters from…