James Archer (Jesuit) - Legacy

Legacy

Archer became notorious for his contributions to the rebel cause during the Nine Years war. But his greater work was arguably in the establishment of the continental seminaries for Irish students, which went from strength to strength in the succeeding centuries and contributed greatly to the counter-reformation.

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