Robert Chambers (priest) explained

Robert Chambers
Nationality:English
Birth Date:1571
Birth Place:Yorkshire
Death Date:1628
Death Place:Habsburg Netherlands
Church:Catholic
Years Active:1594–1623
Education:English College, Rheims
English College, Rome
Ordained:1594
Writings:Palestina (1600)
Offices Held:Confessor to the English Benedictine nuns in Brussels
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Robert Chambers (1571–1628), was a Catholic priest from Yorkshire.[1]

Life

As a boy Chambers was sent to the English College in Rheims to be educated as a Catholic. In 1593 he was admitted to the English College, Rome, where he was ordained priest in 1594. From 1599 to 1623 he was confessor to the English Benedictine nuns in Brussels. He died in Flanders in 1628.[2] He was also a writer and translator.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Thompson Cooper. Chambers, Robert (1571-1624?). 10. 21.
  2. Paul. Arblaster. Chambers, Robert (1571–1628). 5077.