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White (Whyte, or Vitus), Richard
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or White (Whyte, or Vitus), Richard
an English historian, antiquary, and afterwards Catholic priest, was born at Basingstoke, Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester School; admitted fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1557; lost his fellowship on account of his attachment to Romanism in 1564; became regius professor of civil and canon law at Douay, in which relation he remained nearly twenty years; was appointed by that university tie chancellor, or rector magnificus; was created count palatine by the emperor; after the loss of his second wife, was ordained priest and made a canon of St. Peter's Church in Dotiay. He died in 1612 and was buried in St. James's Church. Among his publications were, AElia Laelia Crispis; Epitaphium Antiquum quod in Agro Bononiensi adhuc Videtur, etc. (1618): — Orationes Quinque (1596): — Notae ad Leges Decemvirorum in Duodecim Tabulis (1597): — and Historiae Britannicae Insulae ab Origine Mundi ad Annun Domini Octinagentesimum (1602).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'White (Whyte, or Vitus), Richard'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/white-whyte-or-vitus-richard.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
