Rev. Severyn Saprun

Rev. Severyn Saprun [о. Северин Сапрун], (b. Sept. 2, 1897, in the village of Rybnyk [Рибник] in the Dorohobych region; d. July 6, 1950, in Paris, France). Ukrainian Catholic priest, musician, composer, conductor, poet, and organizer of public life in Western Ukraine. Studied at the Lysenko Institute in Lviv and at the Vienna Conservatory. In the 1920s, he organized and directed the “Boyan” choir in Drohobych. He also helped to establish branches of the Lysenko Institute in Drohobych and Boryslav. In 1944 he immigrated to Vienna, and in the summer of 1946 he relocated to Paris.

1921: Ordination.

1920s: Conductor of the “Boyan” Society choir in Drohobych.

1944: Immigrated to Vienna.

1946: Moved to Paris.