Gregory Martin

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Gregory Martin was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and priest best known for producing the first complete English translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate, which became the Douay–Rheims Bible.

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Gregory Martin canonical 2

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instanceOf Catholic priest
biblical scholar
human
translator
causeOfDeath consumption
citizenship English
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1540
dateOfDeath 1582
educatedAt St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer English College, Douai
era 16th century
genre Bible translation
Catholic apologetics
hasPart translation of the New Testament from the Latin Vulgate
translation of the Old Testament from the Latin Vulgate
influenced English Catholic community
subsequent English Catholic Bible translations
knownFor first complete English translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
memberOf English College, Douai
movement English Catholic recusancy
notableWork A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days
A Treatise of Schisme
Douay–Rheims Bible
occupation Catholic priest
scholar
translator
partOf Douay–Rheims Bible
surface form: Douay–Rheims Bible translation project
placeOfBirth near Winchelsea, Sussex
placeOfDeath Reims
surface form: Rheims
positionHeld professor at the English College, Douai
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
theologicalTradition Roman Catholicism
workLocation Douai
Reims
surface form: Rheims

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Douay–Rheims Bible editor Gregory Martin
Richard Bristow associatedWith Gregory Martin