- Anthony Rey
Anthony Rey (born at
Lyon ,19 March 1807 ; died nearCeralvo , Mexico,19 January 1847 ) was a FrenchJesuit academic, andU.S. Army chaplain of theMexican War .Life
He studied at the Jesuit college of
Fribourg , entered the novitiate, 12 November 1827, and subsequently taught at Fribourg andSion in Valais . In 1840 he was sent to the United States, appointed professor of philosophy in Georgetown College, and in 1843 transferred to St. Joseph's Church inPhiladelphia . He became assistant to the Jesuit provincial ofMaryland , pastor of Trinity Church, Georgetown, and vice-president of the college (1845).Appointed chaplain in the U.S. Army in 1846, he ministered to the wounded and dying at the siege of
Monterrey ; after the capture of the city, he remained with the army at Monterrey and preached to the "rancheros" of the neighbourhood. Against the advice of the U.S. officers, he set out forMatamoros , preaching to a congregation of Americans and Mexicans at Ceralvo. It is conjectured that he was killed by a band under the leaderAntonio Canales Rosillo , as his body was discovered, pierced withlance s, a few days later.Works
He left letters dating from November, 1846, which were printed in the "Woodstock Letters" (XVII, 149-50, 152-55, 157-59).
References
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De Backer -Sommervogel , "Bibliothèque", VI, 1689;
*"Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography" (New York, 1888), s. v.
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