Charles Constantine Pise
Charles Constantine Pise (November 22, 1801 – May 26, 1866) was an American Roman Catholic priest and writer. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, on 22 November 1801, "the son of an Italian father and a mother who came from an old Philadelphia family," he was educated at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., sent to Rome to continue studies, and entered the Society of Jesus as a novice. He left the Jesuits when the death of his father caused him to return to the United States and was ordained a diocesan priest in 1825. From 1821-22 he attended Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. During his stay there, his classmates included three future archbishops: John McCloskey, John Baptist Purcell, and John Hughes.Thorp, Willard. ''Catholic Novelists in Defense of Their Faith, 1829-1865.'' New York: Arno Press, A New York Times Company (1978) A single volume in the complete set ''The American Catholic Tradition''; . He wrote several works in prose and verse, an ...
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Society Of Jesus
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