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George Brown (Benedictine)
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'''George Brown''' (died 21 October 1628), who later adopted the name '''Gregory''', was an English [[Benedictine]] and prior of St Laurence, [[Dieulouard]]. He was, for some time, identified as the translator
==Biography==
Brown was born in Essex, and was educated, for two years, at the Spanish [[Catholic seminary]], the [[English College, Douai]]. After this, he left to join the Order of Saint Benedict (or Benedictines)) in Spain. In 1605, he was [[professed]] at the abbey of Santa Maria, in Obarnes, where he took the [[religious name]] of Gregory. From 1609 to 1610, Brown was the prior of the monastery of St Laurence, Dieulouard, in Lorraine.<ref name=odnb></ref> This monastery was been occupied by English Benedictines, founded in 1608 by monks fleeing the [[English Reformation]], and trained Catholic missionaries for their home country.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> According to [[Athanasius Allanson]], Brown was "a diligent promoter" of Benedictine religious houses in France and the Low Countries. From 1613 until his death, Brown resided at the French Benedictine convent of nuns at [[Chelles]], joining Francis Walgrave and [[Augustine Bradshaw]], as requests from Père Bénard, prior of the College of Cluny.<ref></ref> Here, Brown died on 21 October 1618.<ref name=odnb/>
English convent of at Brussels
The English translation of the Italian biography of [[Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi]], ''Life of St Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi'' (1619), was attributed to Brown by 19th-century Catholic Historian, [[George Oliver (historian)|George Oliver]]. This identification was based on Oliver's incorrect identification of Brown as chaplain of the English Benedictine monastery, St Benet, [[Brussels]], based on a misreading of the monastery's convent chronicle. As the original translation had been dedicated to Lady Mary Percy, abbess of the Brussels monastery,<ref></ref> Oliver identified Brown as it's author. This identification has been contested by A. F. Allison and D. M. Rogers, in their ''Contemporary printed literature of the English Counter-Reformation'' (1989), instead identifying [[Tobie Matthew]] as a more likely candidate.<ref name=odnb/>
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==Biography==
Brown was born in Essex, and was educated, for two years, at the Spanish [[Catholic seminary]], the [[English College, Douai]]. After this, he left to join the Order of Saint Benedict (or Benedictines)) in Spain. In 1605, he was [[professed]] at the abbey of Santa Maria, in Obarnes, where he took the [[religious name]] of Gregory. From 1609 to 1610, Brown was the prior of the monastery of St Laurence, Dieulouard, in Lorraine.<ref name=odnb></ref> This monastery was been occupied by English Benedictines, founded in 1608 by monks fleeing the [[English Reformation]], and trained Catholic missionaries for their home country.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> According to [[Athanasius Allanson]], Brown was "a diligent promoter" of Benedictine religious houses in France and the Low Countries. From 1613 until his death, Brown resided at the French Benedictine convent of nuns at [[Chelles]], joining Francis Walgrave and [[Augustine Bradshaw]], as requests from Père Bénard, prior of the College of Cluny.<ref></ref> Here, Brown died on 21 October 1618.<ref name=odnb/>
English convent of at Brussels
The English translation of the Italian biography of [[Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi]], ''Life of St Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi'' (1619), was attributed to Brown by 19th-century Catholic Historian, [[George Oliver (historian)|George Oliver]]. This identification was based on Oliver's incorrect identification of Brown as chaplain of the English Benedictine monastery, St Benet, [[Brussels]], based on a misreading of the monastery's convent chronicle. As the original translation had been dedicated to Lady Mary Percy, abbess of the Brussels monastery,<ref></ref> Oliver identified Brown as it's author. This identification has been contested by A. F. Allison and D. M. Rogers, in their ''Contemporary printed literature of the English Counter-Reformation'' (1989), instead identifying [[Tobie Matthew]] as a more likely candidate.<ref name=odnb/>
==References==
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