Lafitte was born in
Louhossoa on 21 May 1901. Orphaned at the age of seven, he was raised by his aunt and uncle in
Ithorots, where he also went to the local school. From 1914 he continued his education at the seminary in
Urt from where he graduated in 1919. He was ordained on 13 July 1924 and taught at the
Catholic University of Toulouse for a number of years until returning to the
Northern Basque Country where he eventually settled in
Ustaritz for good. He contributed to many Basque and Basque-related publications, including
Eskualduna and
Gure Herria. He was deeply involved in the
Basque nationalist movement, North and
South over many years and founded the first nationalist movement in the North. In 1982 he received an honorary degree from the
University of the Basque Country. ==Works==