Home Forgotten grave of priest sheds light on West Virginia’s religious past Altar at Saint Alphonsus Church at Wheeling, West Virginia

Altar at Saint Alphonsus Church at Wheeling, West Virginia

editor David Sibray visits the grave of the unknown priest on Glen Dale Heights, West Virginia.

Three Capuchin Brothers carved the altars inside the church of St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori in the late 1800s.

Interior of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph at Wheeling, West Virginia

Grave of Unknown Priest near Glen Dale, West Virginia

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