Background

Augusta Theodosia Drane was born on the 29th of February, 1823 in Bromley, United Kingdom and brought up in the Anglican faith.

Career

Drane fell under the influence of Tractarian teaching at Torquay, and joined the Roman Catholic Church in 1850. She wrote, and published anonymously, an essay questioning the Morality of Tractarianism, which was attributed to John Henry Newman.

In 1852, after a prolonged stay in Rome, Augusta Theodosia Drane joined the third order of St Dominic, to which she belonged for over forty years. She was prioress (1872-1881) of the Stone convent in Staffordshire, where she died in 1894. A complete list of her writings is given in Memoir of Mother Francis Raphael, O. SD. , Augusta Theodosia Drane, edited by B. Wilberforce, O. P. (London, 1895).

Achievements

• Drane's chief works in prose and verse included: "The History of Saint Dominic" (1857; enlarged edition, 1891); "The Life of St Catherine of Siena" (1880; 2nd ed. , 1899); "Christian Schools and Scholars" (1867); "The Knights of St John" (1858); "Songs in the Night" (1876); and the "Three Chancellors" (1859), a sketch of the lives of William of Wykeham, William of Waynflete and Sir Thomas More.

Works

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  • The spirit of the Dominican Order: Illustrated from the lives of its saints
  • The Life of St. Dominic and a Sketch of the Dominican Order
  • Hound of Heaven: The Life of Saint Dominic de Guzmán
  • Life of Mother Margaret Mary Hallahan: Foundress of the English Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena of the Third Order of St. Dominic (Classic Reprint)
  • The History of St. Catherine of Siena and Her Companions V1
  • The Life of St. Dominic
  • The spirit of the Dominican Order: illustrated from the lives of its saints - Scholar's Choice Edition