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Alban Butler
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Historian and hagiologist. Born in Appletree, Northamptonshire, England on October 24, 1710; died Saint-Omer, France on May 15,1773 of natural causes. After ordination he taught at the English College at Douai, and devoted himself to compiling "The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints," the work by which he is best known. He was appointed to the presidency of the English college at Saint-Omer, France in 1766, and was also called upon to devote himself to active diocesan work.
New Catholic Dictionary; see also -
- Encyclopedia Brittanica
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Lives of the Saints
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Entry for 'Alban Butler'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/alban-butler.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Alban Butler'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/alban-butler.html. 1910.
