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Lea, Laurence, 1584-, former Jesuit Priest
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Dates of existence
10 August 1584-
History
Born: 10 August 1584, Waterford City, County Waterford
Entered: 11 January 1605, St Andrea, Rome, Italy (ROM)
Left Society of Jesus: 1612
◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 1604
◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 02/01/1605
◆ Old/15 (1) has Ent 1604
◆ Old/15 (1) has in pencil on one copy Ent 02/01/1605, RIP after 1612-13
◆ Old/16 has : “P Laurence Lea”; DOB 1584 Waterford; Ent 1604; RIP 1609 & 1616 Germany
◆ Old/17 has Ent 11/01/1605 St Andrea
◆ CATSJ I-Y has DOB 10/08/1584 Waterford; Ent 11th or 02/01/1605 St Andrea;
Had studied Philosophy 1 year
1611 At Ingolstadt studying Theology (Ingolstadt CAT)
1612-1613 Sent from Germany to Belgium
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 1584 Waterford; Ent 1604; RIP 1609-616
1609 In Upper Germany
◆ Calendar of MacErlean Transcipts Addenda Irishmen who entered Rome and Spain 1561-1772 (Finegan)
Laurence Lea 20
11 January 1605 Entered St Andrea (ROM)
◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was son of John Lea and his wife Elizabeth Walshe, and he was born in Waterford, August 10, 1584. He entered the Irish College of Salamanca, June 26, 1603, and was received into the Society at Rome, January 11, 1905.
After his Noviceship he was sent to Upper Germany to continue his ecclesiastical studies, and was completing his fiirst year of Theology at Ingolstadt in 1611. He was then described as in poor health. In February 1612 he was at Antwerp, still unwell, but anxious to be ordained and to be sent to Ireland. A month later, the General advised the Provincial of Flanders that Lea should not be ordained because of his health, as he was unlikely to succeed afterwards in Ireland.
It seems he left the Society but became a Priest and eventually Vicar general of Waterford.
The General, on March 12, 1622, wrote to a Father Laurence Lea of Waterford, commending him for his work in promoting the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin. But it cannot be proved that the scholastic of Ingolstadt and Antwerp is identified with the future Vicar General.