Priest and ecclesiologist. Born on August 31, 1799 in Liverpool, England; died on November 28, 1871 in London, England. Author of Hierurgia, or the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and The Church of Our Fathers; the latter, treating of the Sarum Rite and medieval observances, in profoundly influenced liturgical study in England.
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