The remains of Father Leonard Boyle OP (75), former prefect of the Vatican Library, will be buried at San Clemente, Rome, today, writes Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent. The Government will be represented at his funeral by Mr Eamonn O Tuathaill, Irish Ambassador to the Holy See. Father Boyle is the only Irishman to have been prefect of the Vatican Library.
Death of Father Leonard Boyle
The remains of Father Leonard Boyle OP (75), former prefect of the Vatican Library, will be buried at San Clemente, Rome, today…
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