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John Henry Newman (1801-1890), British cardinal. Creator: Unknown.

John Henry Newman (1801-1890), British cardinal. Newman was a leading priest in the Church of England whose conversion to Catholicism was a major event of the 1840s. Newman was a popular speaker and a scholar at Oxford, making his conversion all the more welcome to Catholics and shocking to Anglicans. Newman had been ordained as an Anglican priest in 1825; he was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1847, and in 1879 he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. His "Apologia Pro Vita Sua" (1864) is considered a classic among religious autobiographies.
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John Henry Newman (1801-1890), British cardinal. Creator: Unknown.
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John Henry Newman (1801-1890), British cardinal. Newman was a leading priest in the Church of England whose conversion to Catholicism was a major event of the 1840s. Newman was a popular speaker and a scholar at Oxford, making his conversion all the more welcome to Catholics and shocking to Anglicans. Newman had been ordained as an Anglican priest in 1825; he was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1847, and in 1879 he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. His "Apologia Pro Vita Sua" (1864) is considered a classic among religious autobiographies.
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29.8 x 42.0 cm | 11.7 x 16.6 in (300 dpi)