Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice (Irish: [Éamann] Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.Rice was born in Ireland at a time when Catholics faced oppression under Penal Laws enforced by the British authorities though reforms started in 1778 when he was a teenager.
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beatified date
1996-10-06
beatified place
Vatican City
birth date
1762-06-01
birth place
Kingdom of Ireland, Callan County Kilkenny
death date
1844-08-29
death place
Kingdom of Ireland, County Waterford, Waterford
major shrine
Kingdom of Ireland, Waterford, Callan County Kilkenny
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