Paul Cullen (1803-1878) was a cardinal, and the Catholic primate of Ireland. He was born in Kildare. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ... Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ...
Cullen was an extreme Ultramontanist, and vigorously opposed all secret societies in the country with revolutionary aims, as well as the system of mixed education then in force. Ultramontanism literally alludes to a policy supporting those dwelling beyond the mountains (ultra montes), that is beyond the Alps - generally referring to the Pope in Rome. ...
A biblical theologian and scholar of ancient languages by training, he is best known for his crafting of the formula for papal infallibility at Vatican I. He is largely credited for ushering in the “devotional revolution” experienced in Ireland in the nineteenth century.
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(1803-1878), cardinal arid archbishop of Dublin, was born near Ballytore, Co. Kildare, and educated first at the Quaker school at Carlow and afterwards at Rome, where he joined the, Urban College of the Propaganda and, after passing a brilliant course, was ordained in 1829.
In 1849, on the strong recommendation of Archbishop John MacHale of Tuam, Cullen was~ nominated as successor to the primatial see of Armagh; and, on his return to Ireland, presided as papal delegate at the national council of Thurles in the August of 1850.
Three of the four judges allowed the defence of the cardinal to be valid; but it was held that the papal rescript upon which he relied for his extraordinary powers as delegate was illegal under statute; and the lord chief justice decided that the plaintiff could not renounce his natural and civil liberty.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin, born at Prospect, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 29 April, 1803; died at Dublin, 24 October, 1878.
Cullen was promoted to the primatial See of Armagh on 19 December, 1849 and was consecrated by the Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda at the church of the Irish College, Rome, 24 February, 1850.
In political matters CardinalCullen was quite heedless of popularity, and he made it a rule to support every measure from whatever political party it came that he considered conducive to the interests of Ireland.
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