Joseph Leycester Lyne

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Father Ignatius, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1887.
Father Ignatius, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1887.

Joseph Leycester Lyne, also called Father Ignatius (born November 23, 1837 in London; died October 16, 1908) was a preacher.

He was educated at St. Paul's School and Glenalmond; commenced a movement to introduce monasticism into the Church of England, and built a monastery for monks and nuns near Llanthony Abbey, the members of which follow the rule and wear the garb of the Order of St. Benedict.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.