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Alban Butler, detail from an engraving by J.W. Cook, 18th century.
Alban Butler, detail from an engraving by J.W. Cook, 18th century.

Alban Butler

English priest and educator
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Alban Butler (born October 24, 1710, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England—died May 15, 1773, Saint-Omer, France) was a Roman Catholic priest and educator renowned for his classic Lives of the Saints. Butler was educated at the English College in Douai, France, where after ordination in 1734 he held successively the chairs of philosophy and divinity. In 1749 he returned to England but later became president of the English College at Saint-Omer. His monumental achievement, The Lives of...

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