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Optional Memorial

Saint John Henry Newman

Feast day
October 09
Patron of
converts and educators
Origin
English

Life

John Henry Newman was an Anglican clergyman and Oxford Movement leader who converted to Catholicism in 1845 and became a cardinal. A brilliant theologian and Doctor of the Church, his writings on the development of doctrine, conscience, and education remain deeply influential.

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