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Lives of the English Martyrs Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and 1895
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616 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1904
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Bede Camm
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Graduate of Keble College, University of Oxford (BA, Theology, 1884). Ordained an Anglican in 1888 and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1890, entering the Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) at Erdington Abbey Church in Birmingham.
He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1895, in Rome, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
In 1913, he went to Caldey Abbey on Caldey Island in Pembrokshire. Caldey Abbey had been an ancient Celtic, Roman Catholic abbey until the Reformation and was reestablished as an Anglican abbey in 1906, but in 1910 the monks were received into the Roman Catholic Church and Bede Camm was sent to the abbey serve as master of novices.
During World War I, he transferred to Downside Abbey in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset and also served as a military chaplain.
Post-war, he served from 1919-1931 as Master of St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. In 1931, he retired for health reasons to Downside Abbey. He passed away at the Catholic nursing home in Clifton, Bristol leaving behind a legacy of numerous important publications concerning Britain's Catholic saints, martyrs, histories, and biographies.
Graduate of Keble College, University of Oxford (BA, Theology, 1884). Ordained an Anglican in 1888 and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1890, entering the Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) at Erdington Abbey Church in Birmingham.
He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1895, in Rome, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
In 1913, he went to Caldey Abbey on Caldey Island in Pembrokshire. Caldey Abbey had been an ancient Celtic, Roman Catholic abbey until the Reformation and was reestablished as an Anglican abbey in 1906, but in 1910 the monks were received into the Roman Catholic Church and Bede Camm was sent to the abbey serve as master of novices.
During World War I, he transferred to Downside Abbey in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset and also served as a military chaplain.
Post-war, he served from 1919-1931 as Master of St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. In 1931, he retired for health reasons to Downside Abbey. He passed away at the Catholic nursing home in Clifton, Bristol leaving behind a legacy of numerous important publications concerning Britain's Catholic saints, martyrs, histories, and biographies.
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