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Born: Belgium
Entered: 1644, Belgium
Died: 1649, Waterford City, County Waterford

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 1644 and Old/15 (1) with “Temp Coadj”

◆ Old/16 has : “C Peter Steit”; DOB Belgium; Ent 1644; Coad temp; RIP 1649 Waterford

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB Belgium; Ent 1644 as Brother; RIP post 1649

He was a Belgian who died in Waterford. he was hardworking, modest and had a great taste for decking the altar.

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773

He was a Belgian Coadjutor Brother and member of the Flanders Province, and he served on the Irish Mission from 1646 to 1649.

He arrived very probably with Brother Sarrazin, the printer, and was stationed at Waterford. Verdier, in his report, sent a glowing account to Rome of his ability and efficiency, no less than his fine religious spirit. He asked brother Steit to remain in Ireland to train Brother Gaspar Bryan. he either returned to his own Province or died in Waterford 1649

Born: 1583, Waterford City, County Waterford
Entered: 1612, Spain
Died: 08 July 1640, Salamanca, Spain

◆ Catalogus Defuncti 1540-1640 has Iacob Comofortius RIP 1640 Waterford (Hist. Soc. 46, 49v

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 1612

◆ Old/15 (1) in pencil (16) “Comerford” RIP July 1640

◆ Old/16 has a : “C James Comerton”; DOB ? Waterford; Ent 1612 Spain; Coad Temp; RIP 1640 Salamanca

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB Waterford; Ent 1612 Spain as Brother; RIP pre 1640 probably Salamanca

Born: County Waterford
Entered: 1648, Waterford
Died: 23 August 1650, Waterford - described as a Martyr of Charity

Alias Brehon

Name given as a Novice in Waterford 1649

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
Ent 1646 as Brother; Died 09 August 1650 of the plague in Waterford as a Novice.

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
He died in Waterford, a victim of the plague, 31 August, 1650.

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Brother Jasper Breen ????-1650
We know very little of Br Jasper Breen, except that he was a Brother Novice at Waterford in 1648, and that he died there of the plague on August 28th 1650.

He is mentioned in the Menologies to emphasise the fact that even in difficult and Penal times, the Irish Province strove to have its own noviceship, and never lacked Novices, both scholastics and brothers.

◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
BRIAN, JASPER, was a Novice at Waterford in 1618, “bonae voluntatis”, He died at Waterford of the plague, on the 23rd of August, 1650.

Born: Waterford City, County Waterford
Entered: 1628, Spain
Ordained: ???
Died: post 1634
Official Catalogus Defuncti MISSING

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 1628

◆ Old/15 (1) has “Barbius”

◆ Old/16 has : “C John Barbrius”; DOB Waterford; Ent 1628 Spain; Coad temp; RIP post 1634

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB Waterford; Ent c 1628 Spain as Brother; RIP post 1634

◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
BARBERY, JOHN, Father (Irish), of Waterford. In 1634 he was a novice in the Province of Castile.