Oliver Almond was a Roman Catholic priest and writer, born in the diocese of Oxford. He is believed by Foley to have been the brother of the martyr, the Ven. John Almond; but

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has shown that this is probably a mistake.

Biography

Oliver was educated at the English Colleges at Rome (1582–87) and Valladolid, and was a missionary in England. He was made

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in September of 1612 instead of Ralph Stamford. After a year Birkhead substituted him because Almond had been arrested and imprisoned. In July 1613 he was released for a sum of money. He presented the English College at Rome with a precious chalice. Some of his correspondence is preserved in the

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, and he is conjectured by Gillow to have been the writer of a work entitled ''The Uncasing of Heresies, or the Anatomie of Protestancie, written and composed by O.A.'' (

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References

* Henry Foley, ''Records S.J.'', VI., 153 * Gillow, Joseph, ''Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath.'', I, 27 *Stonyhurst Mss. Collectanea, N. ii, 73.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Almond, Oliver 16th-century births 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests English College, Rome alumni Year of death unknown People from Oxford 16th-century English writers 16th-century male writers