Richard Finn
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The Reverend Richard Damian Finn O.P. |
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| Born |
27 March 1963 Mylor Bridge |
| Residence | Cambridge Blackfriars |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
St Catharine's College, Cambridge Jesus College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Priest, Academic, Theologian, Historian |
Richard Damian Finn, O.P. (born 27 March 1963) is former Regent of Blackfriars, Oxford and currently is the Novice Master for the English Province of the Order of Preachers.
Richard Finn was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (BA English, MA). He joined the Order of Preachers in 1985 and was ordained a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1990.
He read Classical Moderations and Literae Humaniores at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Haigh Prize. After a period as Chaplain to the University of Leicester he became Assistant Chaplain at Fisher House, Cambridge. He completed a MPhil at Jesus College, Cambridge. Returning to Corpus, he studied for a DPhil, producing a thesis entitled The Christian promotion and practice of almsgiving in the later Roman Empire: (313-450), which was supervised by Averil Cameron and Peter Garnsey. It formed the basis of his book Almsgiving in the later Roman Empire: Christian promotion and practice (313-450) (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006).
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