Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-31
BROTHER AzARTAS DEAD.
Brief Sketch of the Lamented Au h cr's
Life and Work.
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Brother Azarias, in the world
Francis Patrick Mullaney, died at
Plattsb sburgh, n. Y, last week, aged
As years. He went to Plattsburgh
last month to fulfil his engagement
to deliver a course of five lectures
on Educational Epochs before the
Catholic Summer School of Amers
ica. His course came in the second
week, and was successfully given
before large audiences.
He remained at the school as an
officer thereof TO- the meetings of
the trustees. but early in the second
week was prostrated by an attack
o pneumonia. He was tenderly
cared for at the Champlain House
by his devoted brothed, the Rev. ].
T. Mullaney, of Syracuse, N. Y,
and his sisters, the Misses Null
aney.
It was known from the outset
that his condition was critical, and
fervent prayers were constantly offs
fercd, and Inquiries frequently
made for the gentle scholar whose
modesty and kindliness had en-
deared him to those whom his iii
mense learning has astonished and
delighted.
After time the symptoms be-
came more favorable, and it was
generally expected that the invalid
would recover. The imprndence
of a nurse in opening a window in
his room, one day early last week,
caused a relapse.
| His premature death comes as a
disappointment and a shock to his
friends throughout the country.
We append a brief sketch of the
noble and holy life SO early end
ed:-
Patrick Francis Mullaney was
born in Killenaule, County Tip
perary, Ireland, June 30, 1S47.
When a youth he came to Amer
ica, and in 1862 was admitted as a
member to the Novitiate Of the
Christian Brothers, among whom
he was known as Brother Azariaf.
In 1877 he went to Europe and
devoted a year to such studies and
researches at the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale in Paris and the British
Museum in London as his shattered
health permitted. Upon his return
he published an article in the
American Catholic Quarterly
Revieac upon the attempts to es-
tablish Catholic universities in
England and Ireland. The article
was widely discussed at the time
by the press of the country. Ans
other outcome of Brother Azarias's
studies abroad was the "Develops
ment of Old English Thought,
first published in 1879. In that
same year Brother Azarias was
named president of Rock Hill Col
lege, which office he held till 1886
when he was called to Paris by the
superior of his order. He searched
the Libraries of Milan, Florence and
Rome for material for the subjects
upon which his pen was engaged
After a sojourn of three years
spent chiefly in Paris and London
he returned to America, since
which time he has been stationed
at the De La Sale Institute, New
York. teaching English literature
in that institution and carrying OF
his literary researches.
There was no more familiar fac'
than his in the aleoves of the Astol
Library. His lecture on "Book
and Readings which he delivered
before .kse members of the Cathe
dral Library of New York, ane
which has grown to a volum'
through successive editions, unde,
his hand. has. become guidesbool
Of study among Catholic Reading
Circles.
Brother Azarias has lectured oil
several occasions before cultured
nom Catholic bodies. In 1877 b,
lectured before the regents of tn
University of New York City, upol