Abram Joseph Ryan

thumb|Abram Joseph Ryan Abram Joseph Ryan (February 5, 1838 – April 22, 1886) was an American Catholic poet, priest, journalist, orator, and former Vincentian. Quotes about Abram Joseph Ryan As a pulpit orator and lecturer, he was always interesting and occasionally brilliant. As a man he had a subtle, fascinating nature, full of magnetism when he saw fit to exert it; as a priest, he was full of tenderness, gentleness, and courage. In the midst of pestilence he had no fear of death or disease. Even when he was young his feeble body gave him the appearance of age, and with all this there was the dreamy mysticism of the poet so manifest in the flesh as to impart to his personality something which marked him off from all other men. Hannis Taylor, Abram J. Ryan (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1838 births Category:Catholics from the United States Category:Clergy from the United States Category:Roman Catholic priests Category:1886 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:Journalists from the United States Category:Orators from the United States