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Richard Blount

English priest and Jesuit Provincial of England under King James I and Charles I.

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Richard Blount

English priest and Jesuit Provincial of England under King James I and Charles I.

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Richard Blount, S.J. (1565–1638) was an English priest and the first Jesuit Provincial of England after the Elizabethan Laws were passed.

Occupation: Catholic priest
Position held: provincial superior
Born: 1565
Died: 1638

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Richard Blount, S.J. (1565–1638) was an English priest and the first Jesuit Provincial of England after the Elizabethan Laws were passed. Biography Early life Richard was born into the Leicestershire branch of the Blount Family in 1565. He attended school at Balliol College, Oxford. Afterward he went to Trinity for his university studies, but left shortly after arriving having converted to Catholicism. He travelled to the English College at Douai in the Spanish Netherlands, arriving on 22 July 1583. The college was temporarily in Rheims due to ongoing conflict in Douai. In 1584 he continued on to the English College, Rome. Priesthood

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