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	[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|Frederick Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.		[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|Frederick Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.

	He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college in 1889 and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.		He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in [[Birmingham]] and Rome, but was expelled from the college in 1889 and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.

	[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Photograph by Frederick Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:		[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Photograph by Frederick Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:

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	:"My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large."<ref>Rolfe to Fox, 13 January 1910, in Cecil Woolf ed., ''The Venice Letters'', Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1974, p.46. In a September 1909 letter to [[John Gambril Nicholson]], Rolfe discussed the subject of sex between a man and a boy, a matter, he told Nicholson, of which "you have the practical experience which I have not." (Miriam J Benkovitz, ''Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo'', Hamish Hamilton, 1977, p.248, quoting a letter in the Martyr Worthy Collection, Columbia University Library). Nicholson is the person Rolfe is least likely to have lied to about this.</ref>		:"My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large."<ref>Rolfe to Fox, 13 January 1910, in Cecil Woolf ed., ''The Venice Letters'', Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1974, p.46. In a September 1909 letter to [[John Gambril Nicholson]], Rolfe discussed the subject of sex between a man and a boy, a matter, he told Nicholson, of which "you have the practical experience which I have not." (Miriam J Benkovitz, ''Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo'', Hamish Hamilton, 1977, p.248, quoting a letter in the Martyr Worthy Collection, Columbia University Library). Nicholson is the person Rolfe is least likely to have lied to about this.</ref>

	In 1904, soon after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, the convert [[Robert Hugh Benson]] formed a chaste but passionate friendship with Rolfe. For two years this relationship involved letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion." All letters were subsequently destroyed, probably by Benson’s brother.<ref>anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199.</ref>		In 1904, soon after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, the convert [[Robert Hugh Benson]] formed a chaste but passionate friendship with Rolfe. For two years this relationship involved letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion." All letters were subsequently destroyed, probably by Benson’s brother.<ref>http://anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199.</ref>

	Rolfe was relatively unknown during his lifetime: interest in his life and works was began in earnest with the publication in 1934 of ''The Quest for Corvo'' by A J A Symons.		Rolfe was relatively unknown during his lifetime: interest in his life and works was began in earnest with the publication in 1934 of ''The Quest for Corvo'' by A J A Symons.

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	[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|~~F R~~ Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.		[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|Frederick Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.

	He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college in 1889 and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.		He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college in 1889 and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.

	[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Photograph by ~~F R~~ Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:		[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Photograph by Frederick Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:
	:"My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large."<ref>Rolfe to Fox, 13 January 1910, in Cecil Woolf ed., ''The Venice Letters'', Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1974, p.46. In a September 1909 letter to [[John Gambril Nicholson]], Rolfe discussed the subject of sex between a man and a boy, a matter, he told Nicholson, of which "you have the practical experience which I have not." (Miriam J Benkovitz, ''Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo'', Hamish Hamilton, 1977, p.248, quoting a letter in the Martyr Worthy Collection, Columbia University Library). Nicholson is the person Rolfe is least likely to have lied to about this.</ref>		:"My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large."<ref>Rolfe to Fox, 13 January 1910, in Cecil Woolf ed., ''The Venice Letters'', Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1974, p.46. In a September 1909 letter to [[John Gambril Nicholson]], Rolfe discussed the subject of sex between a man and a boy, a matter, he told Nicholson, of which "you have the practical experience which I have not." (Miriam J Benkovitz, ''Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo'', Hamish Hamilton, 1977, p.248, quoting a letter in the Martyr Worthy Collection, Columbia University Library). Nicholson is the person Rolfe is least likely to have lied to about this.</ref>

	In 1904, soon after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, the convert [[Robert Hugh Benson]] formed a chaste but passionate friendship with Rolfe. For two years this relationship involved letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion." All letters were subsequently destroyed, probably by Benson’s brother.<ref>David Hilliard, "UnEnglish and UnManly: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199.</ref>		In 1904, soon after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, the convert [[Robert Hugh Benson]] formed a chaste but passionate friendship with Rolfe. For two years this relationship involved letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion." All letters were subsequently destroyed, probably by Benson’s brother.<ref>anglicanhistory.org/academic/hilliard_unenglish.pdf David Hilliard, "[[UnEnglish and UnManly]]: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199.</ref>

	Rolfe was relatively unknown during his lifetime: interest in his life and works was began in earnest with the publication in 1934 of ''The Quest for Corvo'' by A J A Symons.		Rolfe was relatively unknown during his lifetime: interest in his life and works was began in earnest with the publication in 1934 of ''The Quest for Corvo'' by A J A Symons.

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	[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.		[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.

	He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.		He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college in 1889 and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.

	[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Photograph by F R Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:		[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Photograph by F R Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:

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	[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (~~1869~~–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.		[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1860–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.

	He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.		He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.
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	[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1869–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and ''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.		[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG\|thumb\|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1869–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and '''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.

	He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.		He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.

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[[File:Fr. Rolfe III.JPG|thumb|F R Rolfe]]'''Frederick William Rolfe''', (1869–1913), also known as '''Fr Rolfe''' and ''Baron Corvo''', was a writer, artist, photographer and eccentric.

He was born in Cheapside in the [[City of London]]. He left school aged 14 and worked for a time as a teacher. In 1886 he converted to Roman Catholicism. He felt a calling to the priesthood, and studied theology in Birmingham and Rome, but was expelled from the college and never achieved ordination. For most of his life he worked as a freelance writer, living in England and Venice. His best-known work is ''Hadrian the Seventh''. in which an Englishman, rejected for the priesthood, is unexpectedly elected Pope.

[[File:ImageRolfetitobiondi1890roma.jpg|thumb|left|Photograph by F R Rolfe: ''Tito Biondi and Lake Nemi'']]Rolfe was gay, with a preference for young men. In one of the Venice letters to [[Charles Masson Fox]] he declared:
:"My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large."<ref>Rolfe to Fox, 13 January 1910, in Cecil Woolf ed., ''The Venice Letters'', Cecil & Amelia Woolf, 1974, p.46. In a September 1909 letter to [[John Gambril Nicholson]], Rolfe discussed the subject of sex between a man and a boy, a matter, he told Nicholson, of which "you have the practical experience which I have not." (Miriam J Benkovitz, ''Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo'', Hamish Hamilton, 1977, p.248, quoting a letter in the Martyr Worthy Collection, Columbia University Library). Nicholson is the person Rolfe is least likely to have lied to about this.</ref>

In 1904, soon after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, the convert [[Robert Hugh Benson]] formed a chaste but passionate friendship with Rolfe. For two years this relationship involved letters "not only weekly, but at times daily, and of an intimate character, exhaustingly charged with emotion." All letters were subsequently destroyed, probably by Benson’s brother.<ref>David Hilliard, "UnEnglish and UnManly: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality" in ''Victorian Studies'', Winter 1982, p.199.</ref>

Rolfe was relatively unknown during his lifetime: interest in his life and works was began in earnest with the publication in 1934 of ''The Quest for Corvo'' by A J A Symons.

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