Sestini, Benedict, 1855, 1867

File — Box: 218, Folder: 14

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Scope and Contents

Benedict Sestini (1816-1890) was born in Florence and entered the Society of Jesus in Rome (1836). He served as assistant director of the observatory at the Roman College until the revolutions of 1848 when he left for the US. There he was stationed at Georgetown College, where he remained until 1869 as caretaker of the observatory and teacher of astronomy and mathematics. Sestini was then transferred to Woodstock College (1869-1885), the Church of the Gesú (Philadelphia, 1885), and Frederick (c. 1886-1890) where he died in 1890. This folder includes:

a) ALS Lawrence Kehoe of The Catholic World to Sestini re: notice accidentally sent to Sestini's Messenger of the Sacred Heart rather than another publication (4-12-1867)
b) ALS Constantino Brumidi to Sestini concerning arrangements for Brumidi painting the ceiling of a Jesuit church in Baltimore with a typed English translation (11-11-1855)

Dates

Creation: 1855, 1867

Creator

From the Collection: Jesuits. Maryland Province (Organization)

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