LC control no. | n 83149501 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Allegra, Gabriele Maria |
Variant(s) | Allegra, Gabriel M. Allegra, Giovanni Stefano, 1907-1976. |
Birth date | 1907-12-26 |
Death date | 1976-01-26 |
Place of birth | San Giovanni la Punta (Italy) |
Place of death | Hong Kong (China) |
Affiliation | Franciscans |
Profession or occupation | Friars Translators Biblical scholars |
Found in | His 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) |