Abbé Peter Grant
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Abbé Peter Grant (1708 - 1 September 1784) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest, agent for the Scottish Catholic Mission and, later in life, an important contact for British Catholic visitors in Rome.
Grant was born in the diocese of Moray, a member of the Grant family of Blairfind in Glenlivet. He was a Gaelic speaker. He entered the Scotch College at Rome in 1726, and returned to Scotland as a priest in 1735. He was sent to the mission at Glengarry. There he remained until 1737, when, after the murder of the Scottish Catholic Mission's Roman agent Stuart, he was appointed to fill that office.
He became acquainted with British travellers who went to Rome, and rendered them many services. For a long period hardly any British subject of distinction visited Rome without being provided with letters of introduction to the Abbé Grant. Clement XIV was very fond of him, and intended to create him a Cardinal; but died before taking steps. …more
Grant was born in the diocese of Moray, a member of the Grant family of Blairfind in Glenlivet. He was a Gaelic speaker. He entered the Scotch College at Rome in 1726, and returned to Scotland as a priest in 1735. He was sent to the mission at Glengarry. There he remained until 1737, when, after the murder of the Scottish Catholic Mission's Roman agent Stuart, he was appointed to fill that office.
He became acquainted with British travellers who went to Rome, and rendered them many services. For a long period hardly any British subject of distinction visited Rome without being provided with letters of introduction to the Abbé Grant. Clement XIV was very fond of him, and intended to create him a Cardinal; but died before taking steps. …more
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Scots in Italy in the 18th Century
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