Edmund Ignatius Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice (Irish: [Éamann] Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844), was a Roman Catholic missionary and educator. Rice was the founder of two religious institutes of monks. In 1808 Rice and several friends took religious vows and became the Presentation Brothers.[1] In 1822, as Brother Ignatius, he was elected Superior general of the Irish Christian Brothers.[2]
In 1779 he became his uncle's apprentice in a merchant business. Rice inherited the business about 1790 after his uncle died.[3] He became a successful businessman. After his wife died he dedicated his life and wealth to helping the poor.[4]
Edmund Ignatius Rice Media
Rice's childhood home at Callan
Plaque in memory of his daughter Mary at the cemetery of St. Molleran's Church, Carrickbeg
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Depiction of Rice and a praying schoolboy on a stained glass window in Ireland: Rice holds a Douay Bible; in the background is a school building and two boys playing hurling
Memorial erected in Callan on Green Street (also known as Edmund Ignatius Rice Street), unveiled and blessed in July 1951
References
- ↑ Revolt to Revolution: Studies in the 19th and 20th Century European Experience, ed. Michael Elliott-Bateman (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1974), p. 223
- ↑ Martin Wallace, 100 Irish Lives (London: David & Charles; Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble, 1983), p. 65
- ↑ The Dictionary of National Biography, eds. Leslie Stephen; Sidney Lee, Vol. XLVII (New York: Macmillan; London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1896), p. 101
- ↑ Liam Lawton, Song of My People (Dublin: Veritas, 2002), p. 39