BOY FROM MOSCOW

Son of Lutheran Pastor, monk in Scotland, famous Gaelic scholar
DOM Cyril von Dieckhoff, 0.S.B., who died o Saturday at Fort Augustus Abbey, Scotland, was born in Mscow in 1869, the son of a Lutheran pastor in the Russian capital, oacame a Catholic in Germany, and at Fort Augustus became a wrld-famous Gaelic scholar.
Most of is childhood was Spent in Geriany.
His mother having become a Catholic, it wa impossible for her to remain in •ussia with her husband. For sinlar reasons her son Heinrich couldiot be received into the Church lithely 'until his 21st year.
As she herif was entirely dependent on Peestant relatives the boy had to t educated in nonC:atholic schoo, and afterwards at the University F Berlin.
His receptio into the Church finally took pia, without permission Irons the Russn civil authorities.
To escape it consequence Herr van Dieckhoff td to England, then made his way teScotland, and after a visit to Fm Augustus Abbey, entered the notiate in 1891 as Bro. Cyril.
He was ordairtl priest in 1897. Some years lar Fr. Cyril began to study Gaelic, id it was not long before he was ablio lecture, preach and hear conssions in this language.
In 1920 he stied work on a Gaelic pronouncir dictionary. He was engaged on itir 14 years.
On the publicton of this book Prof. Fraser. Pressor of Celtic Literature in the rniversity of Oxford, declared th its author had done by himself that a group of scholars had hod to do—save from oblivion (elk words that were fast being batten.
World-amous
In 1930 Fr, Cy, who had hem placed in chargelf the scattered Catholic remnan of Glengarry, began to collect oney for a new church. The desia were entrusted to lan G. Linda, A.R.S.A.. and the building was coed in 1938.
By this time Fr.yril had become world-famous as Gaelic scholar. and had a v,iderircle of friends than perhaps any tier monk of his community. In 1947 one of is legs had to be amputated, and ice then he was more or less bediden. He then occupied his titntin writing his memoirs.