Gould, Stephen, 1890-, former Jesuit Priest
- Person
- 01 February 1590-
Born: 01 February 1590, Cork City, County Cork
Entered: 14 November 1609, St Andrea, Rome, Italy (ROM)
Ordained: ???
Left Society of Jesus: 24 October 1619
◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 1608
Old/15 (10 has Ent 1608, corrected to 14/11/1609, RIP after 1615
Old/16 has : “P Stephen Gould”; DOB 1589 Cork; Ent 1608; RIP 1617 & 1626
Old/17 has “Guldeo” Ent 14/11/1609 St Andrea
Old/17 has “Gooldous” Dimissi 24/10/1619 (HIB)
◆ CATSJ A-H has “Gould or Goulde”; DOB 01/02/1590 Irishman/Cork; Ent 01/08 or 14/11/1609 St Andrea, Rome;
A philosopher on Ent. Studied Philosophy at our College of Antwerp and Douai
Probation at Tournai or Douai
1611 BELG CAT Sent to Belgium from Rome - endowed with great natural gifts
1615 Taught Syntax or perhaps Teaching Greek at Dinant (GAL-BEL)
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 1589 Cork; Ent 1608 Rome; RIP 1617-1626
Described as a man of great abilities
Was in Belgium 1611 and 1617
◆ Calendar of MacErlean Transcipts Addenda Irishmen who entered Rome and Spain 1561-1772 (Finegan)
Stephen Gould 21 “filosofo”
13 November 1609 Entered St Andrea Rome
◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was born in Ireland, February 1, 1590, and he entered the Society at Rome, November 14, 1609. he had already studied Humanies for six years under the Jesuits at Antwerp and Douai, and in the latter town studied Philosophy at the Irish College.
After one year at Rome, he was sent to Tournai to complete his Noviceship. Having made his first religious profession, he spent a year at Mons completing his Philosophyu course, and then two years of Regency between the Colleges of Mons and Dinant. Between 1614 and 1616, he was studying Theology at Louvain. A lacuna in the Catalogi of Belgium makes it impossible to determined whether he was ordained Priest in the Society.
He left the Society October 24, 1619, and his name disappears henceforth from Society records.
A letter, however, of the General to his provincial, and dated December 10, 1616, makes it clear that Gould had bee4n sent back to Ireland because of the precarious state of his health. he left the Society at his own request.
It is likely that he is identical with a Stephen Gould, a priest, who arrived at the Irish College, Salamanca, April 25, 1620, described as the con of George Gould of the city of Cork. He was said to gave been about 32 years of age. Father Thomas Briones, Rector at Salamanca, sent him to Ireland, July 4, 1620.
◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
GOULD, STEPHEN, Father (Irish), a native of Cork. Was in Belgium in 1617. (Irish Ecclesiastical Record, August, 1874.)