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The Venerable Father John Sullivan SJ (8 May 1861 – 19 February 1933) was an Irish Catholic priest of the Jesuit order, widely known for his life of prayer and personal sacrifice. He is recognised for his dedicated work with the poor and afflicted, spending much of his time walking and cycling to visit those who were troubled, sick and dying in the villages around Clongowes Wood College school in County Kildare, Ireland where he taught from 1907 until his death. From the 1920s onwards many people testified to the healing power of his prayers although he never claimed any credit or causation for himself. ==Early life== John Sullivan was born on 8 May 1861〔(Bodkin S.J., Mathias., ''The Port of Tears'', Clonmore and Reynolds, Ltd., Dublin, 1954 )〕 into a wealthy Dublin family, at 41 Eccles Street, in the heart of old Georgian Dublin. His father Edward, a Protestant, was a successful barrister who would later become the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His mother, Elizabeth Bailey, was a Catholic from a prominent land-owning family in Passage West, County Cork. He was the youngest of five children and grew up in privilege in late 19th Century Dublin society, raised as a Protestant as was traditional in Ireland at the time for sons of Protestant fathers and Catholic mothers. John Sullivan was baptised in the local Church of Ireland parish, St. George's, Temple Street, on 15 July 1861. It was soon after this that the family moved to 32 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin. In 1872, the young John was sent to Portora Royal School, Enniskillen〔Catholic Ireland.net.〕 In 1877 his brother Robert drowned after a boating accident in Killiney Bay at the age of 24 along with Constance Exham, the daughter of a family friend.〔 After Portora, John followed in his father's footsteps and went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied Classics. He was awarded the Gold Medal in Classics in 1885.〔 He studied for the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn in London. During this period he travelled Europe extensively, especially spending time taking walking tours of Macedonia, Greece, and Asia Minor. He spent several months in one of the Orthodox Monasteries on Mount Athos, even contemplating entering as a monk.〔("John Sullivan, SJ (1861-1933)", Ignatian Spirituality )〕 Upon his father's death in 1885, Sullivan came into a comfortable inheritance. He was a frequent visitor to the Hospice of the Dying at Harold's Cross, bringing comfort, companionship, and small tokens of food, drink and clothing. Other times there would be a donation to a needy charity from an "anonymous donor". Even after he became a teacher at Clongowes, he continued these small luxuries to the poor, a bit of tobacco, tea, sugar, snuff, oranges and apples; even a small drop of the "creature".〔 His brother novices remember him for many small kindnesses extended to his much younger classmates. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Sullivan (Jesuit)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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