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Book cover for The Apostle of Tennessee: The Indefatigable Life & Ministry of Father Aloysius Orengo by Joe Pagetta. The design features a dark silhouette of a man riding a horse, centered against a vertical gradient background that shifts from deep blue at the top to green at the bottom. Decorative corner flourishes frame the title text, and a small banner at the bottom reads “Truths, Lies, and Histories of Nashville, Volume III.”

The Apostle of Tennessee: The Indefatigable Life and Ministry of Father Aloysius Orengo is scheduled to be published by Vanderbilt University Press in August of 2026. The book, part of VUP’s Truth, Lies and Histories of Nashville series, tells the story of Fr. Aloysius “Luigi/Louis” Orengo, O.P., an Italian immigrant and Dominican missionary priest who served Middle and West Tennessee for 25 years from 1848-1873.

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