20 May 1614: Cardinal Bellarmine ordains Toby [Tobie] Matthew, a priest #otd Matthew was a high profile convert: writer & courtier, patron of #nuntastic Carmelites at #Antwerp and son of the Church of #England Archbishop of #York (JMcC/eebo/BM)
30 Apr 1672: d. Marie de L'Incarnation [Guyart] #French founder of the Ursulines at #Quebec & of the first girls' school there, #writer & #linguist (Ursulines Québec/ChristianT) #nuntastic Her many letters are an amazing source.
23 Apr 1594: John Gerard #Jesuit, future escapee from the Tower of #London and defender of the #nuntastic Mary Ward is arrested in a house in #Holborn#otd (BM)
23 Apr 1607: Pudentiana Deacon takes the habit as a #Benedictine nun #otd at the #English Convent Brussels. Translator of Francis de Sales' wildly popular work, among other things #nuntastic (eebo)
14 Feb 1626: b. Elizabeth Mostyn at Greenfield Flintshire #otd Together with her sister Margaret, she would take vows at the #nuntastic#Carmelite convent in #Antwerp on 10 Aug 1644 (BM - portrait of St. Teresa)
Edmund Campion b. #otd 25 Jan 1549 says this in his history of #Ireland of St. Brigid, whose feast day is coming soon on 1 Feb: ‘she professed virginity & allured other noble virgins to her fellowship' #nuntastic (JMcC)
24 Jan: feast #otd of Francis de Sales, d. 1622, bishop & massively influential spiritual #writer whose works were translated by #Catholic & #Protestant alike.
Here is a #nuntastic English Benedictine version from Cambrai (eebo)
20 Jan 1645: d. Mary Ward at Heworth Manor near #York, foundress of the Congregation of Jesus or ‘Jesuitesses': a visionary, leader & #nuntastic advocate of uncloistered women
28 Dec 1622: d. Francis de Sales, bishop & massively influential spiritual #writer whose works were translated by #Catholic & #Protestant alike. First image here is of the #nuntastic#English language translation from the Cambrai Benedictine convent(eebo)
9 Dec 1575: b. David [Augustine] Baker #Benedictine mystical writer #otd at Abergavenny Monmouthshire, sometimes controversial, but much revered by his #nuntastic collaborators at #Cambrai convent