Nicholas Wiseman

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Nicholas Wiseman: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Brian Fothergill, Nicholas Wiseman (1963); and Richard J. Schiefen, Nicholas Wiseman and the Transformation of English Catholicism (1984).

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 16, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 11, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 29, 2023
	Invalidated site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 23, 2020
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 28, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998