The Lives of English Saints

Collection — Folder: SC167-FABE

Identifier: SC167-FABE

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Dates

Creation: 1844

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Biographical Note

Frederick William Faber was born in 1814 in Calverley, England. He was a British Theologian who converted to Roman Catholicism later in life. He started a religious society, the Wilfridians. Known for his writings, Lives of Modern Saints (1847), The Foot of the Cross (1858), and Notes on the Doctrinal Subjects (1866), Faber is best membered as a hymnist. His most popular hymns included, “Hark! Hark, My Soul” and “My God, How Wonderful Thou Art.” Faber died in 1863 in London, England.