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Nicholas Owen, S.J., (c. 1562 – 1/2 March 1606) was an English Jesuit lay brother who was the principal builder of priest holes during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. [1] Owen built many priest holes in the buildings of English Catholics from 1588 until his final arrest in 1606, when he was tortured to death by prison ...
He was followed by many disciples including his kinsman, St. Kevin of Glendalough, who completed his studies under this saint. [6] So great was the fame of the sanctity and learning of St. Eoghan, at Mourne, that he was consecrated first Bishop of Ardstraw about the year 581. [1] His Vita contains a number of miracle stories.
John Owen, Bishop of St David's John Owen – signature. John Owen (24 August 1854 – 4 November 1926) was professor of Welsh at St David's College and Dean of St Asaph. He became the Bishop of St David's in 1897. [1] Born at Ysgubor Wen, Caernarfonshire , his father Griffith Owen was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist.
Saint-Ouen Abbey, (French: Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen) is a large Gothic Catholic church and former Benedictine monastic church in Rouen. It is named for Audoin (French: Ouen, English: Owen), 7th-century bishop of Rouen in modern Normandy, France. [9] The church's name is sometimes anglicized as St Owen's.
John Owen (1616 – 24 August 1683) was an English Puritan Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.One of the most prominent theologians in England during his lifetime, Owen was a prolific author who wrote articles, treatises, Biblical commentaries, poetry, children's catechisms, and other works. [1]
Owen married, first: Sarah Hodelow of Cambridgeshire, by whom he had a son, Robert Owen, fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, B.C.L. on 3 December 1660, and shortly after chancellor of the diocese of St Asaph; and a daughter, married to Dr William Griffith, chancellor of Bangor and St Asaph. The first wife was buried at Burton-Latimer in ...
The Reverend Joseph Butterworth Owen (22 July 1809 - 24 May 1872) was an English clergyman, social reformer and author of the nineteenth century. Known primarily for his published work, he is also notable for being the last minister of the famed Evangelical Chapel St John's Chapel, Bedford Row as well as chancellor of The Royal Polytechnic Institution. [1]
Born on 25 May 1887 [3] he was educated at Dulwich College [4] and Wadham College, Oxford.. Owen's name on the foundation stone of the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Alternating between secondary and tertiary education, he was an assistant master at Clifton College; a fellow and lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford; headmaster of Uppingham School; and fellow, chaplain [5] and lecturer at Brasenose ...