# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-xavier-pierz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:28:30.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-xavier-pierz"
name: "Francis Xavier Pierz"
slug: "francis-xavier-pierz"
description: "Francis Xavier Pierz was a Slovenian-American Roman Catholic priest and missionary to the Ottawa and Ojibwe Indians in present-day Michigan, Wisconsin, Ontario, and Minnesota. Because his letters convinced numerous Catholic German Americans to settle in Central Minnesota after the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851, Fr. Pierz is referred to as the \"Father of the Diocese of Saint Cloud.\""
tagline: "American-Slovenian writer and priest (1785–1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancPirec.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1785-11-20"
deathDate: "1880-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.97
  momentum:             5.833333333333335
  historical:           4.877322666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc_Pirc"
    title: "Franc Pirc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "فرانسيس زاڤير پيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Pierz"
    title: "Francis Xavier Pierz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franc_Pirc"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Pierz"
    title: "Francis Xavier Pierz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B3_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "فرانسس زیویر پیئرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5482898"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump