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Sleeping in Heavenly Peace
Bishop John Freeman Young sleeps in Jacksonville’s Old City Cemetery. While there’s nothing on his tombstone to indicate it, he’s known internationally for his English translation of the world’s favorite Christmas carol – “Silent Night, Holy Night.” Young was born in Pittston, Maine on October 30, 1820. He graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in April, [...]
Young, John Freeman
John Freeman Young served as priest at Jacksonville’s St. Johns Episcopal Church from 1845-1847. In 1859, while serving as assistant priest at Trinity Church in New York City, Young translated in to English the Austrian hymn, Silent Night, Holy Night. The song has become the world’s favorite Christmas carol. in 1867, Young returned to Jacksonville [...]
