Journalist and writer. Born in 1796 in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland; died in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France in 1843. He contributed to the Morning Herald and the Morning Chronicle, edited the Monthly Review from 1825 to 1832, the Catholic Journal, and the Tablet, and in 1836 he founded and edited the Dublin Review. His works include A Steam Voyage down the Danube and Steam Voyages on the Seine, and Moselle, and the Rhine.
This dictionary contains not only definitions and explanations of every subject in Religion, Scripture, tradition, doctrine, morals, sacraments, rites, customs, devotions and symbolism, but also accounts of the Church in every continent, country, diocese; missions, notable Catholic centers, cities, and places with religious names; religious orders, church societies, sects and false religions. It has brief articles also on historical events and personages, on the Old Testament and New, and on popes, prelates, priests, men and women of distinction, showing what the Church has done for civilization and correcting many errors which have hitherto passed for history.Wikipedia
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