Thomas Preston (monk)
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Thomas Preston (1563–April 3, 1640) was a Benedictine monk.
He studied in the English College in Rome and became a Benedictine at Monte Cassino and was sent to England on mission.[1]
He took the name of Roger Widdrington, and wrote several books of a controversial nature, and passed much of his time in prison, being still a captive when he died.[2]
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"Thomas Preston". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. - ^ Rev. E. Taunton, The English Black Monks of St Benedict, 1897
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Widdrington, Barons", a publication now in the public domain.
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