| LC control no. | nr2004017664 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ledóchowska, Maria Teresa, 1863-1922 |
| Variant(s) | Ledóchowska, Marie-Thérèse, 1863-1922 Ledóchowska, Mary Theresa, 1863-1922 Ledóchowska, M. T. (Maria Teresa), 1863-1922 Ledóchowska, Maria Teresia, 1863-1922 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Sodality of St. Peter Claver for the African Missions |
| Associated country | Austria Italy |
| Birth date | 1863-04-29 |
| Death date | 1922-07-06 |
| Place of birth | Loosdorf (Austria) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Essayists Periodical editors Authors Religious leaders |
| Found in | Das Geheimnis der Maria Theresia Ledóchowska, 1977: p. 4 of cover (1863-1922) RLIN, June 9, 2004 (hdg.: Ledóchowska, Maria Teresa, hrabina, 1863-1922; Ledóchowska, Maria Teresa, contessa, 1863-1922; Ledóchowska, Maria Teresa Halka, hrabina, 1863-1922; usage: Maria Teresa Ledóchowska; Mary Theresa Countess Ledóchowska) Maričina grlica, 1915: title page (M.T. Ledóchowska) Bibliya gatolika : yanditswe mu runyarwanda, 1927: title page (Edité par la Sodalité de St Pierre Claver, Rome (23), via dell'Olmata 16) title page verso (la Sodalité de St Pierre Claver a fait imprimer cette "Bible"; Fondatrice, Marie-Thérèse Ledóchowska) Wikipedia, German, via WWW, June 26, 2015 (Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, in Polish Maria Teresa Ledóchowska; born April 29, 1863 in Loosdorf, Lower Austria; died July 6, 1922 in Rome; founder of a Catholic religious order, Catholic missionary, dramatist, published books and essays on various religious topics, published in German and Polish) Soeurs Missionnaires de St-Pierre Claver website, viewed April 23, 2024: Patrons (founder, Marie-Thérèse Ledóchowska, born in Loosdorf near Vienna, Austria, daughter of an exiled Polish count and a Swiss mother; in 1883 she followed her family back to Poland; at age 22 she contracted a severe illness from which her father died; after convalescence she entered service as a lady of honor in the court of the archduchess of Tuscany in Salzbourg; a friend gave her a lecture by Cardinal Lavigerie about slavery in Africa and the crusade for its abolition, asking women of Europe who had a talent for writing to put it to use for that cause; she published her own journal, "L'Echo d'Afrique" as a bridge between missionaries and Christians in Europe; in 1894 with the help of the Jesuits of Vienna, she started to plan an 'association' under the patronage of saint Pierre Claver; worn out by work, illness and challenges, she died at age 59) |
| Associated language | ger pol |
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