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Show mot m "Warrior Priest Dead. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 13. The burial bur-ial of Father Joseph Ebert. of the local Deanery, marked the close o? a romantic roman-tic career. Once a dashing Bavarian army officer, Father Ebert renounced war and became a priest. Father Ebert was born in Wallerstein. Bavaria, in 18-13. He studied theology and philosophy philos-ophy in Munich. Jn iSKS he entered the Bavarian army during tho war with Austria, and for bravery was promoted ti the rank of captain. In 1st;:) he became be-came a papal Xouave. Soon after this he deserted army life altogether and became a priest, being appointed chaplain chap-lain of St. Peters in Rome. Afterward he was sent as a missionary to this -country and officiated in the di -ese of Detroit. While in Michigan one of his offices was the editing of a tier-man tier-man Catholic paper. |