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Lithuanian historian, Catholic priest
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Male
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Birth:
24 December 1872
Death:
21 June 1941
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Biography
Jonas Totoraitis (December 24, 1872 – June 21, 1941) was a Roman Catholic priest and historian. Totoraitis studied at the Theological Seminary of Sejny. He went on to Freiburg University in Switzerland, where he published his doctoral dissertation on the life of King Mindaugas, Die Litauer unter dem König Mindowe bis zum Jahre 1263, the first such work by a Lithuanian scholar. After returning to Lithuania he continued his historical researches and pastoral work, directed the Marian gymnasium in Marijampolė, and taught in Vytautas Magnus University.