Richard Field or De la Field (1554?–1606) was an Anglo-Irish Jesuit.

Biography

Richard Field was born about 1554 to an

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. He studied at

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, entered the

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about 1582, and became a professed father. In April 1599 he was sent from

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to Fathers Fitzsimon and Archer in his native country, and he became superior of the Irish Jesuit mission, displaying remarkable prudence and mildness in his office. There are still extant several of his letters which abound with interesting details of the Catholic affairs of Ireland. He died in Dublin on 21 February 1606.

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* * ;Attribution * Endontes: **Hogan's ''Ibernia Ignatiana'', i. 202 **Hogan's ''Catalogue of the Irish Province S. J.'', p. 7 **Oliver's ''Jesuit Collections'', p. 244 **Foley's ''Records'', vii. 252. {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Richard 1554 births 1606 deaths 16th-century Irish Jesuits 17th-century Irish Jesuits Irish expatriates in France