John Chapman OSB (25 April 1865 – 7 November 1933) received into the Roman Catholic Church at the age of 25, was a Roman Catholic priest, the 4th Abbot of Downside Abbey of the English Benedictine Congregation from 1929 until his death, an internationally respected New Testament and patristics scholar, a defender of the priority of the Gospel according to Matthew and a spiritual writer enjoying enduring appreciation.
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25 April 1865 Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom on Great Britain and Ireland
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Died |
7 November 1933 (aged 68)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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