Edmund Ignatius Rice

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Edmund Ignatius Rice was an Irish Catholic educator and founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers, known for his pioneering work in providing schooling for poor boys in the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious founder
Irish person
educator
human
burialPlace Mount Sion, Waterford, Ireland
causeOfDeath natural causes
commemoratedBy feast day in some Catholic calendars
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
dateOfBirth 1762-06-01
dateOfDeath 1844-08-29
era early 19th century
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName Rice
fieldOfWork education
religious formation
founded Congregation of Christian Brothers
Presentation Brothers
givenName Edmund
hasHonorificTitle Edmund Ignatius Rice self-linksurface differs
surface form: Venerable Edmund Rice
hasLegacy Congregation of Christian Brothers
surface form: Edmund Rice schools and educational trusts
hasPosthumousStatus Venerable in the Catholic Church
influenced Catholic educational practice in Ireland
development of lay religious teaching congregations
inspired expansion of Christian Brothers schools worldwide
knownFor founding Catholic teaching congregations
providing free education for poor boys
languageSpoken English
Irish
memberOf Christian Brothers
movement Catholic schools
surface form: Catholic education movement
name Edmund Ignatius Rice self-link
notableWork establishment of schools for poor boys in Waterford
occupation philanthropist
religious brother
teacher
placeOfBirth Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
placeOfDeath Waterford, Ireland
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Waterford, Ireland
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

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Christian Brothers foundedBy Edmund Ignatius Rice
Presentation Brothers founder Edmund Ignatius Rice
Presentation Brothers Schools Trust basedOnCharismOf Edmund Ignatius Rice
this entity surface form: Blessed Edmund Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice name Edmund Ignatius Rice self-link
Edmund Ignatius Rice hasHonorificTitle Edmund Ignatius Rice self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Venerable Edmund Rice