Bishop William Bedell

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
gptkbp:advocatesFor Religious tolerance
Education_in_the_Irish_language
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Church_of_Ireland
gptkbp:birthDate 1571-01-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:England
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Bedell_Jr.
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:James_Ussher
gptkbp:contributedTo Irish_culture
In_Ireland
gptkbp:contribution Promoting_education_in_Ireland
gptkbp:deathDate 1642-01-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:education Theological training
gptkbp:era 17th century
gptkbp:historicalImpact On_Irish_Protestant_communities
gptkbp:historicalRole Bishop_during_the_English_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First to translate the Bible into Irish
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop William Bedell
gptkbp:influence Irish_Protestantism
Irish_schools
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Irish_language
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Calvin
gptkbp:influenceOn gptkb:Irish_nationalism
gptkbp:inspiration Future_translations_of_the_Bible
gptkbp:inspiredBy Reformation principles
gptkbp:involved Irish Reformation
gptkbp:involvedIn Ecumenical movements
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Translation_of_the_Bible_into_Irish
gptkb:William_Bedell
gptkbp:language Irish
gptkbp:legacy Promoting_the_use_of_the_Irish_language_in_religious_texts
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Translation_of_the_New_Testament_into_Irish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Irish_Bible
gptkbp:occupation Cleric
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Bishop_of_Kilmore
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Robert_O'Connell
gptkbp:promoted Among_Irish_Catholics
Literacy_in_Ireland
gptkbp:recognizedBy His efforts in translation
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Kilmore,_Ireland
gptkbp:role Religious leader
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Bedell
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Bramhall
gptkbp:supported Irish_education_reforms
gptkbp:supports In_the_Irish_language
gptkbp:title Bishop
gptkbp:wrote Letters and sermons