Alban Butler: Quick Facts


Facts

Born October 24, 1710 • Northampton • England
Died May 15, 1773 (aged 62) • Saint-Omer • France
Notable Works “The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints”

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St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
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Venantius Fortunatus
French poet and bishop
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Saint Adamnan
Irish abbot and scholar
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John Capgrave
English scholar
St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket
archbishop of Canterbury
St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
William of Ockham
William of Ockham
English philosopher
Painting by Anthonis Mor of Mary I of England seated on an ornate chair, wearing a dark gown with gold embroidery, a jeweled necklace, and holding a red rose.
Mary I
queen of England
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey
English cardinal and statesman
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Saint Wilfrid
English saint
Reginald Pole, detail of a portrait attributed to Fra Sebastiano del Piombo; in a private collection
Reginald Pole
archbishop of Canterbury
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Stephen Gardiner
English bishop and statesman
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Stephen Langton
archbishop of Canterbury
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Saint John Fisher
English priest
Alcuin
Alcuin
Anglo-Saxon scholar
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Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
Roman Catholic priest
St. Edmund
St. Edmund of Abingdon
archbishop of Canterbury
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Hubert Walter
archbishop of Canterbury