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Francis Porter

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Francis Porter, O.F.M., (fl. c. 1650 – 7 April 1702) was a professor, lecturer, and President, of the Irish College of St. Isidore, Rome.[1]

He was a native of County Meath.[2]

Works

Porter was author of the following Latin works:[2]

  • Securis Evangelica ad Hæresis radices posita, ad Congregationem Propagandæ Fidei, Rome, 1674, second edition dedicated to Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine[3]
  • Palinodia religionis prætensæ Reformatæ, Rome, 1679; dedicated to Cardinal Alderano Cybo.[4]
  • Compendium Annalium Ecclesiasticorum Regni Hiberniæ, exhibens brevem illius descriptionem et succinctam Historiam, 1690;[4] dedicated to Pope Alexander VIII. It contains an epistle to the author, by Francesco Eschinardi, a Jesuit, on errors in maps of Ireland. Porter drew heavily on James Ussher and James Ware. The last section of the Appendix contained contemporary history down to the end of 1689, with an account of the siege of Derry (taken from letters written in May, July, and September 1689), and of the Patriot parliament at Dublin. Porter concluded with blaming Martin Luther for all the evils of Ireland.
  • Systema Decretorum Dogmaticorum … in quo insuper recensentur præcipui cujuslibet Sæculi, errores, adversi Impugnatores orthodoxi; item Recursus et Appellationes hactenus ad sedem Apostolicam habitæ, cum notis historicis et copiosis indicibus, Avignon, 1693;[1] dedicated to Cardinal Fabrizio Spada.
  • Opusculum contra vulgares quasdam Prophetias de Electionum [sic] Summorum Pontificum, S. Malachiæ … hactenus falso attributas, Gallice primum editum, nunc novis supplementis auctum et in Latinum idioma translatum: adjunctis celebrium Authorum [sic] reflectionibus et judiciis de Abbatis Joachimi Vaticiniis, ejusque Spiritu Prophetico, Rome, 1698.

See also

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Francis Porter, controversialist and historian, b. at Kingston, near Navan, Ireland, 1622; d. at Rome, April 7, 1702. He was descended from the Norman family of be Porter, which had been settled in Ireland from the time of Henry II, and were great benefactors of the Franciscans. While still very young, Porter went to Rome, entered the Franciscan Order, took degrees in philosophy and theology, and for several years taught controversial theology, ecclesiastical history and dogmatic theology in St. Isidore's College. King James II appointed him his theologian and historiographer. In 1679 he published in Rome his "Securis evangelica ad haeresis radices posita", an able controversial work in which he confutes the fundamental principles of Protestantism and its several sects. In the same year he published at Rome his "Palinodia Religionis praetensae reformat", in which he proves with solid and convincing arguments that the. Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ. To it is prefixed a "Praefatio apologetica"—a noble appeal to the princes and state councillors of Protestant countries to abolish the infamous laws promulgated in their respective states against the Catholic Church. His compendium of the ecclesiastical annals of the Kingdom of Ireland was published in Rome in 1690, and dedicated to Pope Alexander VIII. After a brief outline of the civil history of Ireland, the author gives a summary account of the foundations of the several dioceses and religious houses pointing out the constancy of the Irish people in preserving the Faith, and the persecutions they suffered for their religion.

Besides the works mentioned above, he published "Systema decretorum dogmaticorum", Avignon, 1693; "Disquisitio theologica de praeservando foedere inito cum Principe Duriaco haeretico invasore regiae coronae ac dictionum Jacobi II, legitimi et Catholici principis. Praemittitur facti historia", Rome, 1683; De abolitione consuetudinis praestandi juramentum reis", Rome, 1696; "Refutatio Prophetiarum falso attributarum S. Malachi", Rome, 1698.

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Porter, Francis (Walter)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Porter, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. Back to citation "Marsh's Library and the Irish Catholic tradition (page 18)" (PDF). Maynooth University. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 "Francis Porter, O.F.M. (fl.1650-1702)". Post Reformation Digital Library. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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