Justinas Bonaventura Pranaitis was a Lithuanian Catholic priest.
22 Facts About Justinas Pranaitis
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Justinas Pranaitis was a professor of Hebrew at the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy and missionary in Uzbekistan.
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Justinas Pranaitis is best known as the author of The Talmud Unmasked, and his subsequent involvement as a witness in the Bellis trial.
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Justinas Pranaitis was born on 27 July 1861 to a peasant family in Panenupiai near Griskabudis in Congress Poland, client state of the Russian Empire.
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Justinas Pranaitis then continued to study at the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy graduating with a Master of Theology in 1887.
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Right after graduation, Pranaitis replaced Daniel Chwolson as the Hebrew professor at the Theological Academy.
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Justinas Pranaitis brought his younger sister Julija Pranaityte to Saint Petersburg to study at a girls' gymnasium.
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Justinas Pranaitis later became a publisher and editor of Lithuanian books and periodicals in the United States.
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Justinas Pranaitis supported Lithuanian cultural activities in Saint Petersburg, including the Lithuanian and Samogitian Charitable Society.
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In 1894, Justinas Pranaitis was involved in a case of blackmail.
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Justinas Pranaitis brought a picture to be gilded, but it burned down in a framing studio.
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Justinas Pranaitis demanded a compensation of 1,000 rubles from the workshop for damages.
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In 1895, Justinas Pranaitis was exiled to Tver for two years.
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Justinas Pranaitis worked to construct churches in Tashkent, Samarkand, Ashgabat, Gyzylarbat, Fergana as well as several chapels.
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Justinas Pranaitis established a Catholic charitable society and a few small libraries.
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Justinas Pranaitis frequently traveled visiting more remote members of the congregation.
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In 1909, Justinas Pranaitis accompanied auxiliary bishop Jan Cieplak to Manchuria and Japan.
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Justinas Pranaitis published articles in the Lithuanian press, including Lietuviu laikrastis, Saltinis, Vienybe, Viltis.
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In 1892, Justinas Pranaitis published an antisemitic tract called Christianus in Talmude Iudaeorum in Latin, adapted from his Master's thesis, under the imprimatur of the Archbishop of Mogilev, which was translated into Polish, French, German, Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, English and Spanish.
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In 1912, Justinas Pranaitis testified in the blood libel case of Menahem Mendel Beilis in Russia.
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Justinas Pranaitis was called as an expert witness to testify to the Talmudic hatred of Christians, as described in his book.
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Justinas Pranaitis was buried by the Sacred Heart Cathedral that he worked to build in Tashkent.