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Francis Martin (1652–1722) was an Irish Augustinian.


Biography

He was born in
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during the occupation of the town by the
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army, his family been one of the
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. He was educated in one of the secret schools in the city. In 1673 he began his studies for the priesthood in
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with the
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order. Ordained there in 1680, he was the following year appointed Professor of Greek at the college. In the 1680s he was deeply involved in defending Papal Pronouncement against the
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. He took his
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in 1688. In 1691 he became
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of
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at
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, where he published two
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which led to his dismissal. However, he was re-appointed to his old post in Louvain, and in 1694 became its professor of
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. Subsequently, he was appointed
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of the college, and in the same year he was made a Canon of St. Peter's. In 1714, Martin wrote a letter to Edward Synge, the Protestant
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, in an effort to convert him to
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. Archbishop Synge refused, but said of Francis Martin that he was a man ''who preserved something of freedom in his judgement ndmeant well at bottom.'' Francis Martin died at
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on 4 October 1722, where he is buried in the grounds of St. John's Hospital.


Note

Among his relations was Richard Martyn (c. 1600–1648), the noted Irish Confederate. Robert Martin of Dangan (1714–1794), studied at Louvain up to 1733, and was the father of Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin. He was also distantly related to
F.X. Martin Francis Xavier Martin, Order of Saint Augustine, OSA (Irish: ''Proinsias Xavier Ó Máirtín''; 2 October 1922 – 13 February 2000) was an Irish cleric, historian and activist. Life Francis Xavier Martin was born 2 October 1922 in Ballylongford ...
, (Francis Xaviar Martin), (1922 – 13 February 2000).


Bibliography

* ''Refuatio Justificationis editae pro defendenda doctrini Henrici Denys'', Louvain, 1700. * ''L'etat Presant de la Faculte de Theologie de Louvain'', Trevoux, 1701, pp. 247–2,250. * ''Statera Quaestionis an ad fidem pertineat Sanctis in coelo notas esse mortalium preces'', Louvain, 1710. * ''Scutum fidei contra haereses hodiernas; seu Tillotsonianae concionis sub titulo; strena opportuna contra papisuum refutatio auctore ...'' Francisco Martin Iberno - Galviensi ... Louvain, Michael Zangrius, 1714,
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* ''Avertissment touchant les pretendus Avis Salutaries'', Louvain, 1719. * ''motivum Jurvis pro Bullae Unigenitus Orthodixia'', Louvain, 1720. * ''Avis Salutaires a Messieurs les Protestans et Deliberaus de Louvain'', Louvain. * ''Via pacis'', a thesis.


See also

*
The Tribes of Galway The Tribes of Galway ( ga, Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families ...


Notes


References

* * ''Galway Authors'', Helen Mahar, 1976. {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Francis 1652 births 1722 deaths Christian clergy from Galway (city) 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 18th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish expatriates in France Irish expatriates in Belgium Old University of Leuven alumni Academic staff of the Old University of Leuven Scholars and academics from County Galway