Leo Sherley-Price

Lionel Digby (Leo) Sherley-Price (1911?1998) was a Church of England clergyman and Oblate of Saint Benedict who translated medieval Christian literature for the Penguin Classics series.

Life [ edit ]

Sherley-Price was a student at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge , graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1932, and went on to study at Chichester Theological College in 1933. ^[1] In 1935 he was ordained as an Anglican priest. ^[2] In 1936 he graduated Master of Arts and was commissioned as a chaplain in the Royal Navy . ^[3] From 1937 to 1939 he went to China as chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle , ^[4] an experience that influenced his 1951 book Confucius and Christ . In November 1942 he was transferred to HMS Unicorn . ^[5]

From 1963 to 1969 he was rector of Thurlestone and from 1965 to 1969 rural dean of Woodleigh, Devon . ^[1] In 1969 he became vicar of Dawlish in the same county. ^[1] From 1974 to 1978 he was incumbent at Manaton and North Bovey . He relinquished his commission as a Royal Navy reserve chaplain in 1977. ^[6] He retired from full-time ministry in 1978. ^[2] In 1985 he celebrated 50 years as an Anglican priest. ^[4] His wife, Nora, passed away on 7 December 1995. ^[7] He died at Bovey Tracey hospital on 1 November 1998. ^[8]

Writings [ edit ]

As author [ edit ]

Saints of England (Church Literature Association, 1936)
Confucius and Christ: A Christian Estimate of Confucius (Dacre Press, 1951) ^[9]

As translator [ edit ]

Little Flowers of Saint Francis (Penguin Books, 1951)
Thomas a Kempis , The Imitation of Christ (Penguin Books, 1952)
Bede , A History of the English Church and People (Penguin Books, 1955) ^[10]
Walter Hilton , The Ladder of Perfection (Penguin Books, 1957)
Lent with Saint Francis: Readings from Early Franciscan Literature (Mowbray, 1958)
Francis of Assisi , S. Francis of Assisi: His Life and Writings as Recorded by His Contemporaries (Mowbray, 1959)
Julian of Norwich , Lent with Mother Julian: Reading from her "Revelations of divine love" (Mowbray, 1962)
Thomas of Eccleston , The Coming of the Franciscans (Mowbray, 1964)

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c Crockford's Clerical Directory (1971), p. 867.
^ ^a ^b Crockford's Clerical Directory (1987), p. 503.
^ The Navy List (October 1937), p. 136.
^ ^a ^b "Fifty Years of Service", Herald Express , 21 December 1985, p. 15.
^ The Navy List (October 1943), vol. 2, p. 2605.
^ The London Gazette , 1 March 1977, p. 2829.
^ The Daily Telegraph , 9 December 1995, p. 20.
^ The Daily Telegraph , 5 November 1998, p. 30.
^ Reviewed by Joachim Wach in Church History , 21:2 (1952), p. 179.
^ Reviewed by B. D. Till in Theology , 58:426 (1955), pp. 469-471.

[CCD_71-1] Crockford's Clerical Directory (1971), p. 867.

[CCD_87-2] Crockford's Clerical Directory (1987), p. 503.

[3] The Navy List (October 1937), p. 136.

[fifty-4] "Fifty Years of Service", Herald Express , 21 December 1985, p. 15.

[5] The Navy List (October 1943), vol. 2, p. 2605.

[6] The London Gazette , 1 March 1977, p. 2829.

[7] The Daily Telegraph , 9 December 1995, p. 20.

[8] The Daily Telegraph , 5 November 1998, p. 30.

[9] Reviewed by Joachim Wach in Church History , 21:2 (1952), p. 179.

[10] Reviewed by B. D. Till in Theology , 58:426 (1955), pp. 469-471.

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