MELIA

Pius . b. Rome 1800; profe or of belles lettres, Jesuits’ college, Rome; a mi ionary priest in Corsica, Tuscany and other countries; came to England 1848, naturalized 13 Sep. 1849; in charge of mi ion at St. Leonards, removed to Walthamstow; almoner of the Italian Benevolent society, London 1863 to death; a member of the Pious society of musicians; officiated on Sun days at Brent wood and also preached to the Italians of London on Sunday afternoons; author of Doctrines of St. Thomas A quinas on the rulers and members of Christian states, extracted and explained 1860; The origin, persecution and doctrines of the Waldenses 1870; Hints and facts on the origin of man and of his intellectual faculties 1872. d. University hospital, London 25 May 1883. bur. Kensal Green cemet. 30 May. Note. —Raphael Melia b. Rome, naturalised in England 13 Sep. 1849, was author of A treatise on auricular confe ion. London 1865; The woman ble ed by all generations 1868; and The life of V. Pallotti, founder of The pious society of mi ions 1871.