Francis Augustus MacNutt
Francis Augustus MacNutt (February 15, 1863 — December 30, 1927)[1] was an Indiana-born Roman Catholic writer and diplomat who became the first American Papal Chamberlain.
Biography
Early life
Francis was born on February 15, 1863, in Richmond, Indiana. His father was a captain in an Ohio regiment during the Civil War. His parents were Episcopalians and his grandparents had been Presbyterians of largely Scottish and Scotch-Irish descent; however he writes in A Papal Chamberlain: The Personal Chronicle of Francis Augustus MacNutt of his discovery of the local church at the age of six.[2]
Death
Francis Augustus MacNutt died on December 30, 1927, and is buried in the graveyard of Santa Maria am Sand in Millan near Bressanone in the largely German-speaking province of South Tyrol, Italy.[1]
Bibliography
Autobiography
A Papal Chamberlain: The Personal Chronicle of Francis Augustus MacNutt (1936), featuring a preface by G. K. Chesterton.
Biographies
Bartholomew De Las Casas: His Life, His Apostolate, and His Writings[3] (1909)
Plays
Three Plays: Balboa, Xilona, The Victorious Duchess[4] (1916)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Francis Augustus MacNutt". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ MacNutt, Francis Augustus (1936). A Papal Chamberlain: The Personal Chronicle of Francis Augustus MacNutt. London: Longmans, Green and Co. pp. 2–23.
- ^ MacNutt, Francis Augustus. "Bartholomew De Las Casas: His Life, His Apostolate, and His Writings".
- ^ MacNutt, Francis Augustus. "Three Plays: Balboa, Xilona, The Victorious Duchess".
