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Allen, William, 1532-1594

LC control no.n 86042278
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Personal name headingAllen, William, 1532-1594
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Variant(s)Allen, William, Cardinal, 1532-1594
Alanus, Guilielmus, 1532-1594
Associated countryEngland Italy
Associated placeRome (Italy)
Birth date1532
Death date1594-10-16
Place of birthFleetwood (England)
Place of deathRome (Italy)
AffiliationEnglish College (Douai, France)
Profession or occupationCardinals
Found inA true report of the imprisonnement of Iohn Nicols, 1583, 1971: title page (William Allen)
LC data base, February 17, 1988 (hdg.: Allen, William, Cardinal, 1532-1594)
LC in RLIN, October 15, 1986 (hdg.: Allen, William, Cardinal, 1532-1594)
English Wikipedia, viewed August 18, 2020 (William Allen (Cardinal); William Allen; born 1532 in Rossall, Lancashire (now a town section of Fleetwood); died October 16, 1594, in Rome; also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus; English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; upon the accession of Elizabeth I, he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy, but was allowed to remain at the University of Oxford until 1561, when he left England and sought refuge at Louvain; he was instrumental in founding the English College at Douai; he was made a cardinal by Pope Sixtus V on August 7, 1587)
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNn 50023009