Matthew Bridges

Matthew Bridges
BornMatthew Bridges
(1800-07-14)14 July 1800
Essex, England
Died6 October 1894(1894-10-06) (aged 94)
Sidmouth, Devon, England
OccupationHymnodist
NationalityBritish-Canadian

Matthew Bridges (14 July 1800 – 6 October 1894) was a British-Canadian hymnodist.[1]

Life

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Bridges was born in Essex, England on 14 July 1800, the youngest son of John Bridges of Maldon, Essex and brother of the Rev Charles Bridges, a priest of the Church of England. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1831.[1][2]

Matthew Bridges' career as an author began with his poem Jerusalem Regained at the age of 25 in 1825. Although in his early life Bridges (who was raised in a Church of England environment) was skeptical of Roman Catholicism as evidenced by his 1828 book The Roman Empire Under Constantine the Great, the influence of John Henry Cardinal Newman led him to convert to Roman Catholicism in 1848 at the age of 48, a faith to which he adhered for the remaining four-and-a-half decades of his life.[1]

Later in life, Bridges lived for a time in Quebec, Canada, but returned to England and died in Sidmouth, Devon on 6 October 1894 at the age of 94.[1] He is buried there in the cemetery of the Convent of the Assumption.[3]

Works

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Some of the more popular hymns written by Bridges include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Matthew Bridges". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bridges, Matthew" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "Matthew Bridges". Find a Grave. Retrieved 22 Apr 2022.
  4. ^ "Matthew Bridges". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Matthew Bridges – Dictionary of Hymnology". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Breviary Hymns: Man of Sorrows, Wrapt in Grief". 7 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Matthew Bridges (1800-1894) - eHymnBook". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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