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Achilli, (Giovanni) Giacinto (b. c. 1803), Dominican priest, anti-Catholic polemicist, and seducer
Sheridan Gilley
Achilli, (Giovanni) Giacinto (b. c. 1803), Dominican priest, anti-Catholic polemicist, and seducer, was born in the village of Celleno, 18 miles from Viterbo, then in the Papal States. He joined the Dominican order in 1819, studied at the convent of the Minerva in ...
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Bell [alias Burton], Thomas (b. c. 1551, d. in or after 1610), Roman Catholic priest and protestant polemicist
Alexandra Walsham
Bell [alias Burton], Thomas (b. c. 1551, d. in or after 1610), Roman Catholic priest and protestant polemicist, was born at Raskelf, near Thirsk, in Yorkshire. His parents are unknown, but he had several sisters and brothers, one of whom was later a merchant at ...
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Buckenham, Robert (fl. c. 1523–1539), Catholic polemicist and prior of Cambridge
Martin Holt Dotterweich
Buckenham, Robert (fl. c. 1523–1539), Catholic polemicist and prior of Cambridge, took at Cambridge the degrees of BTh about 1523 and DTh in 1530–31. He is also said to have studied in Bologna in 1526, being sent back to England the following year. Early in January 1530, after ...
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Connelly, Pierce (1804–1883), apostate Episcopal priest and anti-Catholic pamphleteer
D. G. Paz
Connelly, Pierce (1804–1883), apostate Episcopal priest and anti-Catholic pamphleteer, was born on 9 August 1804 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of four sons of Henry Connelly, a cabinet-maker, and his second wife, Elizabeth Pierce. He married Cornelia Peacock [see Connelly, Cornelia (1809-1879)...
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Constable, Henry (1562–1613), polemicist and poet
Ceri Sullivan
Constable, Henry (1562–1613), polemicist and poet, was born in Newark-on-Trent, the only child of Sir Robert Constable (d. 1591) and Christiana, daughter of John Dabridgecourt of Langdon Hall, Warwickshire, and widow of Anthony Forster. His family was distinguished: his grandfather Robert Constable...
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Gwynneth [Gwynedd], John (d. 1560x63), composer and polemicist
J. P. D. Cooper
Gwynneth [Gwynedd], John (d. 1560x63), composer and polemicist, is of uncertain origins. According to Arthur Bulkeley, his contemporary and bishop of Bangor, Gwynneth was the son of Dafydd ap Llewelyn ab Ithel of Castellmarch, Llŷn, Caernarvonshire. Church music gave him the opportunity of advancement. In minor orders as an acolyte when admitted rector of ...
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Huggarde, Miles (fl. 1533–1557), poet and religious polemicist
C. Bradshaw
Huggarde, Miles (fl. 1533–1557), poet and religious polemicist, was described by his contemporaries as a hosier who lived and traded in Pudding Lane in the city of London (Acts and Monuments, 7.111, 759). Much of his life is shrouded in obscurity: the identity of his parents and the date and place of his birth are unknown. He lacked a formal education and may have been largely self-taught: ...
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Maguire, Thomas (1792–1847), Roman Catholic priest, polemicist, and Irish patriot
Sheridan Gilley
Maguire, Thomas (1792–1847), Roman Catholic priest, polemicist, and Irish patriot, was born in the parish of Kinawley, co. Fermanagh, near Swanlinbar, the son of Thomas Maguire, farmer, and his wife, Judith, née Maguire. His maternal uncle was Patrick Maguire, coadjutor-bishop of Kilmore. He attended a classical school in ...
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Martin [Martyn], Thomas (1520/21–1592/3), civil lawyer and polemicist
Steve Hindle
Martin [Martyn], Thomas (1520/21–1592/3), civil lawyer and polemicist, the son of John Martin of Cerne, Dorset, was educated at Winchester (admitted 1533, aged twelve) and New College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1540, and subsequently (c.1550) at Bourges University...
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Sheldon, Richard (1570?–1651?), Church of England convert and polemicist
Elizabeth Allen
Sheldon, Richard (1570
