Thomas Messingham
Thomas Messingham was an Irish
Life
He studied at the
In 1620, he published Offices of Saints Patrick, Brigid, Columba, and other Irish saints, and in the following year, was appointed rector of the Irish College, Paris, in succession to his friend and diocesan, Thomas Dease, who was promoted to the Bishopric of Meath, on 5 May 1621.[2] Messingham was honoured by the Holy See, was raised to the dignity of prothonotary Apostolic, and acted as an agent for many Irish bishops.[3] His judgement was valued and sought by his colleagues in Ireland.
As well as seeking materials with a view to an ecclesiastical history of Ireland, Messingham was rector of the Irish College and organized the course of studies to send forth capable missionaries to work in their native country. He got the college affiliated formally with the
In 1624, he published his famous work on Irish saints, Florilegium Insulæ Sanctorum, in Paris, containing also a treatise on
References
- ^ Sharpe, Richard, 'The Background to Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae', Medieval Irish Saints' Lives: An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae (Oxford, 1991; online edn, Oxford Academic, 3 Oct. 2011)
- ^ a b c O'Connor, Thomas. "Thomas Messingham", Dictionary of Irish Biography
- ^ a b c Grattan-Flood, William. "Thomas Messingham." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thomas Messingham". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Charles Jourdain, Histoire de l'Université de Paris (Paris, 1866);
- Patrick Boyle, The Irish College in Paris (London, 1901);