About: John Mirk

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John Mirk was an Augustinian Canon Regular, active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries in Shropshire. He is noted as the author of widely copied, and later printed, books intended to aid parish priests and other clergy in their work. The most famous of these, his Book of Festivals or Festial was probably the most frequently printed English book before the Reformation.

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  • John Mirk was an Augustinian Canon Regular, active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries in Shropshire. He is noted as the author of widely copied, and later printed, books intended to aid parish priests and other clergy in their work. The most famous of these, his Book of Festivals or Festial was probably the most frequently printed English book before the Reformation. (en)
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  • Prior ofLilleshall Abbey (en)
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  • 14 (xsd:integer)
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  • Arch and tympanum over the processional entrance on south side of the church, Lilleshall Abbey (en)
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  • John Mirk (en)
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  • English (en)
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  • Priest (en)
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  • Johannus Myrcus, John Myrc, John of Lilleshall (en)
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  • Prior of Lilleshall Abbey (en)
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  • Festial, Instructions to Parish Priests, Manuale Sacerdotis (en)
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  • c.1380–c.1420 (en)
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  • John Mirk was an Augustinian Canon Regular, active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries in Shropshire. He is noted as the author of widely copied, and later printed, books intended to aid parish priests and other clergy in their work. The most famous of these, his Book of Festivals or Festial was probably the most frequently printed English book before the Reformation. (en)
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  • John Mirk (en)
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  • John Mirk (en)
  • Johannus Myrcus, John Myrc, John of Lilleshall (en)
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