Raymond Caron, (also known as Raymond Redmond) (1605 at

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, Ireland – 1666 at

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) was an Irish

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and author.

Life

Entering the Franciscan

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in his native town, he there made his preliminary studies, after which he studied philosophy at

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. Subsequently, he left Ireland and studied

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and at the Franciscan college at the

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. At the latter place he was, immediately after his

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, appointed professor of theology, and in that capacity maintained the reputation he had earned as a student. Caron was sent to Ireland in April 1649 by Pierre Marchant, who was a

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of the Order, as a

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to the Franciscan Province of Ireland. The 1913

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attributes his appointment to the suggestion of

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; Franciscan scholar Anselm Faulkner suggests that

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Hugh Burke and the friar Anthony Gearnon may also have been involved. He took up residence at the Franciscan friary at

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, and plunged at once into the strife of faction then raging there. Opposing both the

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, and

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, he sought to bring all to the side of the Duke of Ormonde, and imprisoned the members of his own Order at Kilkenny who refused to adopt his views. This act made him so unpopular that his life was in danger, and he had to be protected by the

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at the head of an armed force. This conduct earned for him the character of a loyalist; but it brought on him the condemnation of John Barnewall, the

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of Ireland, together with the guardians of the various communities of friars on the island. For a time he was under ecclesiastical

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. During the rule of the Puritans Caron remained abroad, but returned to England at the

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, and lived there for several years. He was throughout a supporter of the Duke of Ormonde and his policy. He returned to Ireland where he died in Dublin in 1666.

Works

In 1653, Caron published at

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a work ''Roma triumphans Septicollis'', in defence of Catholic doctrine. He also wrote two works in defence of

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's ''History of the Irish Remonstrance'', namely: *''Loyalty asserted, and the late Remonstrance of the Irish Clergy and Laity confirmed and proved by the authority of Scripture, Fathers, etc.'' (London, 1662) *''Remonstrantia Hibernorum contra Lovanienses'' (London, 1665)

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* http://www.libraryireland.com/biography/RedmondCaron.php ;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caron, Raymond 1605 births 1666 deaths Recollects Irish writers Franciscan scholars 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests People from Athlone