Irenaeus Frederic Baraga was born on June 29, 1797, in the manor house at Mala Vas near Dobrnič in Lower Carniola, Duchy of Carniola, Austrian Empire (now Slovenia), the fourth of five children to Janez Nepomuc Baraga, an estate overseer, and Marija Katarina Jožefa Jenčič.
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