Ambrose St John

Ambrose St John
Reverend Father Ambrose St John
Born29 June 1815
Hornsey, London, United Kingdom
Died24 May 1875 (aged 59)
Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Resting placeRednal Catholic Cemetery, Rednal, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
EducationWestminster School, Christ Church, Oxford

Ambrose St John (29 June 1815 – 24 May 1875) was a convert to Catholicism and an English Oratorian. He was a classical scholar and a linguist both in Oriental and European tongues. He is best known as a lifelong friend of Cardinal John Henry Newman.[1]

  1. ^ Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, London (2010) ISBN 978-0-7139-9869-6

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