Adrian Fortescue
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The Reverend Adrian Fortescue |
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A portrait of Father Fortescue from
Adrian Fortescue: A Memoir (1924) |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
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| Ordination | 27 March 1898 by Bishop Simon Aichner |
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| Born |
14 January 1874 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 11 February 1923 (aged 49) Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Education |
Scots' College University of Innsbruck |
Adrian Henry Timothy Knottesford Fortescue (14 January 1874 – 11 February 1923) was an English Roman Catholic priest who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer. He was the founder of the Church of St Hugh of Lincoln in Letchworth.
Adrian Fortescue, a direct descendant of the Blessed Adrian Fortescue (d. 1539), was born on 14 January 1874 in Hampstead, London, into a Midland county family of ancient lineage and high position. His father was Rev. Edward Fortescue, a renowned High Church Anglican clergyman who was "highly regarded as a preacher and retreat master" and an active participant in the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, before he converted to Catholicism. His mother, Gertrude Martha Robins, was the daughter of Rev. Sanderson Robins, another Anglican clergyman, and Caroline Gertrude Foster-Barham, the scion of the Foster-Barham family of Jamaican plantantion owners and granddaughter of the 8th Earl of Thanet.
In 1891 Fortescue entered the Scots' College in Rome where, due to his exceptional musical talent, he was soon appointed organist. He was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1892, and his PhD in 1894, when he entered the Theological Faculty at Innsbruck University. He was ordained to the priesthood on 27 March 1898 by Simon Aichner, Bishop of Brixen.
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