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Patrick Bath

Patrick Bath, Irish Capuchin, . A native of Drogheda, where his father was a wealthy merchant (p. 13), Bath was originally to join the Jesuits. Due to the influence of Francis Nugent, he "made a last-minute decision and joined the Capuchins at Brussels in October 1592." (p. 11) Bath had studied with Nugent at the Scots-Irish college at pont-a mousson. F.X. Martin wrote of him – "Though Bath died at Cahors in 1607, before the Irish Mission became a reality, he brought prestige to the Irish Capuchins by his appointment as guardian of the friary at Namur. His prominence among the Capuchins was that a bare nine months after profession he was appointed lector of philosophy in the Capuchin study house newly opened at Louvain." (p. 9). His appointment at Louvain was a result of the extreme lack of competent professors among the early Capuchins in the Netherlands. Against this is the fact that he depart the Netherlands for Paris where he became lector of philosophy and theology at the friary at rue Saint-Honore. His importance was underlined in 1598 when an English spy listed him ("At Paris – Father Patrick, a Capuchine, a gret scholer.") among the prominent English-speaking Catholics on the continent.

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Patrick Bath, Irish Capuchin, . A native of Drogheda, where his father was a wealthy merchant (p. 13), Bath was originally to join the Jesuits. Due to the influence of Francis Nugent, he "made a last-minute decision and joined the Capuchins at Brussels in October 1592." (p. 11) Bath had studied with Nugent at the Scots-Irish college at pont-a mousson. F.X. Martin wrote of him – "Though Bath died at Cahors in 1607, before the Irish Mission became a reality, he brought prestige to the Irish Capuchins by his appointment as guardian of the friary at Namur. His prominence among the Capuchins was that a bare nine months after profession he was appointed lector of philosophy in the Capuchin study house newly opened at Louvain." (p. 9). His appointment at Louvain was a result of the extreme lack of competent professors among the early Capuchins in the Netherlands. Against this is the fact that he depart the Netherlands for Paris where he became lector of philosophy and theology at the friary at rue Saint-Honore. His importance was underlined in 1598 when an English spy listed him ("At Paris – Father Patrick, a Capuchine, a gret scholer.") among the prominent English-speaking Catholics on the continent.

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  1. date of death: 1607 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of death is "1607". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343072854

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