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Allegra, Gabriele Maria

LC control no.n 83149501
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Personal name headingAllegra, Gabriele Maria
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Variant(s)Allegra, Gabriel M.
Allegra, Giovanni Stefano, 1907-1976.
Birth date1907-12-26
Death date1976-01-26
Place of birthSan Giovanni la Punta (Italy)
Place of deathHong Kong (China)
AffiliationFranciscans
Profession or occupationFriars Translators Biblical scholars
Found inHis Mary's Immaculate Heart, c1983: CIP t.p. (Gabriel M. Allegra)
LC data base, 9-27-83 (hdg.: Allegra, Gabriele Maria)
Scintille dantesche, c2011: t.p. (Gabriele Maria Allegra) p. 31-33 (b. 26 Jan 1907; d. 26 Jan. 1976)
Il beato P. Gabriele M. Allegra, 2014: page 4 of cover (Gabriele Allegra was born in San Giovanni la Punta, CT on 26 December 1907; franciscan, went to China in 1930; died in Hong Kong 26 January 1976)
Wikipedia, 3 August 2016 (Gabriele Allegra; The Blessed Gabriele Allegra, O.F.M., was a Franciscan Friar and Biblical scholar. He is best known for performing the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible into the Chinese language. His Studium Biblicum Translation is often considered the definitive Chinese Bible among Catholics. He awaits canonization. Born: Giovanni Stefano Allegra, 26 December 26, 1907 in San Giovanni la Punta, Catania, Italy; died 26 January 1976 in British Hong Kong, British Empire; beatified 29 September 2012, Catania, Sicily, Italy, by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., representing Pope Benedict XVI)