![]() He advised and recommended Pope Pius V to pronounce Elizabeth I deposed. His activities were part of the Counter Reformation, but they led to an intense response in England and in Ireland. The Douai-Rheims Bible, a complete translation into English from Latin, was printed under Allen's orders. It failed badly, but if it had succeeded he would probably have been made Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor. Allen assisted in the planning of the Spanish Armada's attempted invasion of England in 1588. His main role was setting up colleges to train English missionary priests with the mission of returning secretly to England to keep Roman Catholicism alive there. He was an ordained priest, but was never a bishop. ![]() ![]() ![]() William Allen (1532 – 16 October 1594), also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus, was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Rossall (near present-day Fleetwood), Lancashire, EnglandĬhurch of St Thomas of Canterbury at the English College, Rome ![]()
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