Cardinal Cullen
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His Eminence Paul Cullen |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland |
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| See | Dublin |
| Installed | 1852 |
| Term ended | 1878 |
| Predecessor | Archbishop Daniel Murray |
| Successor | Cardinal Edward MacCabe |
| Other posts | Archbishop of Armagh (1850–1852) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1829 |
| Consecration | 24 February 1850 by Cardinal Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli |
| Created Cardinal | 22 June 1866 |
| Rank | Cardinal priest of San Pietro in Montorio |
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| Born | 29 April 1803 Narraghmore, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Died | 24 October 1878 (aged 75) Dublin, Ireland |
| Buried |
Holy Cross College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Alma mater |
St. Patrick's College, Pontifical Urban College |
Paul Cullen (29 April 1803 – 24 October 1878) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and previously of Armagh, and the first Irish cardinal. His Ultramontanism spearheaded the Romanisation of the Catholic Church in Ireland and ushered in the devotional revolution experienced in Ireland through the second half of the 19th century and much of the 20th century. A trained biblical theologian and scholar of ancient languages, Cullen crafted the formula for papal infallibility at the First Vatican Council.
Cullen was born at Prospect, Narraghmore, Athy, County Kildare, one of 16 children of Hugh and Judith Maher Cullen, six of whom were from Hugh's first marriage. His first school was the Quaker Shackleton School in nearby Ballitore. Following the relaxation of some of the Penal Laws, his father purchased some 700 acres (2.8 km2), giving him the status of a Catholic "strong farmer", a class that greatly influenced 19th-century Irish society. They were fervent in their Catholicism and fearful of the sort of social unrest which had led to the failed 1798 Rising.
Cullen entered St. Patrick's, Carlow College, in 1816, and in 1820 proceeded to the Pontifical Urban College in Rome where his name is registered on the roll of students as of 29 November 1820. At the close of a distinguished course of studies, he was selected to hold a public disputation in the halls of the Propaganda on 11 September 1828, in 224 theses from all theology and ecclesiastical history. This theological tournament was privileged in many ways, for Pope Leo XII, attended by his court, presided on the occasion, while no fewer than ten cardinals assisted at it, together with all the élite of ecclesiastical Rome. Vincenzo Pecci, the future Pope Leo XIII, was present at the disputation. Cullen graduated a doctor of divinity.
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