Item 2085 - Fr James Sall SJ

Born: 1579, Cashel, County Tipperary
Entered: 26 September 1607, Tournai, Belgium - Belgicae Province (BELG)
Ordained:, Douai, France pre Entry
Died: 19 March 1646, Cashel Residence, Cashel, County Tipperary

Mother was Eliza Kearney.
Educated at Irish College Douai. Studied Humanities and Philosophy at Tournai - 4 years Theology before Ent
1617 In Ireland Age 38 Soc 10
1621 Catalogue Age 42 Soc 14 Mission 12. Is strong though slow in intellect and talent. Judgement and prudence good. Somewhat melancholy. Preaches well.
1622 Catalogue In East Munster
1626 In Ireland
1637 ROM Catalogue Good in all

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
1609 Came to the Irish Mission
1617 In Ireland (Irish Ecclesiastical Record August 1874)
1642 He protected Pullen, Protestant Chancellor of Cashel, and his wife and children for three months (cf “Foxes and Firebrands” Ware, p 98, where an extraordinary story is told of Father Sall - disguised as a preaching shoemaker - the Countess of Oxford and Dr Pullen; cf also “Cashel of the Kings, Part ii, p54)
Named in the letter of Christopher Holiwood alias Laundry to the Superior of the Mission 04 November 1611, as being then his amanuensis. (Irish Ecclesiastical Record August 1874)

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
Son of John, a merchant and Eliza née Kearney and uncle of Andrew Fitzbennet Sall and Andrew Fitzjohn Sall
Had already studied and was Ordained at Douai before Ent 26 September 1607 Tournai
1609 Before First Vows he was sent to Ireland and briefly to the Dublin Residence before being sent to the Cashel Residence. He was for many years a Consultor of the Mission and his advice on the government of the Mission was much valued by the General
1641 He had been appointed Rector of Cashel, and he was able during the rising of 1641 to shield the Protestant Chancellor of Cashel, Dr Pullen, his wife and family from the hardship or worse that awaited them. After three months at the shelter of the Jesuit Residence, the Chancellor and his family were able to get shipping for England. It is to the credit of Dr Pullen that later, when he was then Archbishop of Tuam in his church, he acknowledged the humanity shown towards him by Father Sall. Twenty years later that experience allowed the authorities to tolerate Jesuits in Cashel.
He died at the Cashel Residence 19/03/1646

◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
SALL, JAMES, A father of this name had died at Cashell before the year 1649: his aged sister was living in his house, with the two Fathers of the Society, when Pere Verdier visited that City.