Education
English College.
English College.
He is believed by Foley to have been the brother of the martyr, the Venerable (of an Archdeacon) John Almond; but Gillow has shown that this is probably a mistake. Oliver was educated at the English Colleges at Rome (1582-1587) and Valladolid, and was a missionary in England.
He presented the English College at Rome with a precious chalice.
Some of his correspondence is preserved in the Westminster Archives, and he is conjectured by Gillow to have been the writer of a work entitled, The Uncasing of Heresies, or the Anatomie of Protestancie, written and composed by O.A. (Leuven/Louvain?) 1623, Octavo.