The Analecta of David Rothe, Bishop of Ossory. Edited with Introduction by Patrick F. Moran. Bishop of Ossory.

First Edition. Signed. 18 x 12 cm. cxxxv, 608 pages. Original green cloth. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Black end papers. Some glue marks on front end papers. Inscription on first blank page reads: "To Edward A Fitzpatrick from His Grace the ArchBp. of Sydney P.F. Moran." Patrick Francis Moran (1830 - 1911) was a prelate of the Catholic Church and the third Archbishop of Sydney and the first cardinal appointed from Australia. Moran was born at Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, in 1830. In 1842, at the age of twelve, he left Ireland in the company of his uncle, Paul Cullen, rector of the Irish College in Rome. There Moran studied for the priesthood, first at the minor seminary and then at the major seminary. Moran was considered so intellectually bright that he gained his doctorate by acclamation. By twenty-five he spoke ten languages, ancient and modern. He focused on finding and editing important documents and manuscripts related to Irish ecclesiastical history. Some editions of his works remain important source materials to this day. He was appointed vice-rector at the Irish College and also took the chair of Hebrew at Propaganda Fide. Moran was also appointed professor of scripture at Clonliffe College, Dublin. He founded the "Irish Ecclesiastical Record". In 1869 he accompanied Cardinal Cullen to the First Vatican Council. According to Michael Daniel, it is generally agreed that the definition of the Catholic doctrine of papal infallibility was based on Cullen's proposal, and Ayres suggests that there is strong evidence that Cullen's proposal was largely drafted by Moran. Moran was appointed coadjutor bishop of Ossory on 22 December 1871 and was consecrated on 5 March 1872 in Dublin by his uncle, Paul Cardinal Cullen. On the death of Bishop Edward Walsh, he succeeded as Bishop of Ossory on 11 August 1872. He championed Home Rule and was consulted by W. E. Gladstone prior to the introduction of his Home Rule Bills. Moran was personally chosen and promoted by Pope Leo XIII to head the Archdiocese of Sydney. Moran was appointed to Australia on 25 January 1884 and arrived on 8 September 1884. He was created cardinal-priest on 27 July 1885 with the title of St Susanna. Following the 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum, he supported the right of labourers to better their conditions. He ordained nearly 500 priests, dedicated more than 5,000 churches, and professed more than 500 nuns. He made five journeys to Rome on church business between 1885 and 1903 but did not participate in the papal conclave of 1903 because of the relatively short notice and the distance, making it impossible for him to reach Rome within 10 days of the death of Pope Leo. Moran died in Manly, Sydney, in August 1911, aged 80. A quarter of a million people (the largest crowd ever to gather in Australia until that date) witnessed his funeral procession through the centre of Sydney. He is buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. (Wikipedia).…