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Dom Ambrose Agius O.S.B., born as Tancredi Alfred Agius (September 17, 1856 – December 13, 1911) was a Maltese〔http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60811F8395414728DDDAC0A94D0405B848CF1D3〕 Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Benedictine Order, Agius served under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII and was appointed the Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines by Pope Saint Pius X in 1904. Agius was delegated to canonically crown the image of Our Lady of La Naval de Manila in 1906. More prominently, he founded the first Benedictine monastery in Malta, and ordained the first Filipino bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. ==Early life== Born on September 17, 1856 in Alexandria, Egypt, the second son (third child) of a Maltese merchant named Tancredi Agius and his wife Saveria Sammut.〔, p.18-21〕 Tancredi's children were: * Edward Agius: 1849 - 1924 * Giulia Agius: 1854 - 1932 * Tancredi (Jr.) Alfred: 1856 - 1911 * Edgar Agius: 1864 - 1935 * Robert Agius: 1868 - 1874 Agius was baptized as Tancredi Alfred Agius at Saint Catherine's Cathedral in Alexandria on November 5, 1856. He returned with his family to Malta during his early years. Agius later attended St Augustine's Benedictine College in Ramsgate Kent, England where he became a diligent academic student.〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87070508〕 Having been influenced by his Alma Mater, Agius joined the Benedictine Order at St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate in 1872 and took a new name as Dom Ambrose. On October 12, 1873, Ambrose Agius fulfilled his perpetual vows and travelled to Rome to complete his Degree on Philosophy and Theology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dom Ambrose Agius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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