# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alban-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:36:36.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alban-butler"
name: "Alban Butler"
slug: "alban-butler"
description: "Alban Butler was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College in Douay, France, where he later taught philosophy and theology. He served as a guide on the Grand Tour to the nephews of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Upon his return in 1749, Butler was made chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk. He was appointed president of the English seminary at Saint Omer in France. Butler is mainly known for his Lives of the Saints, the result of thirty years of work."
tagline: "English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer (1710-1773)"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1710-10-13"
deathDate: "1773-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.822356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Батлер, Албан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "البان باتلر"
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    title: "Alban Butler"
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    title: "البان باتلر"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Butler"
    title: "Alban Butler"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Butler"
    title: "Alban Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Butler"
    title: "Alban Butler"
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    title: "アルバン・バトラー"
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  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Butler"
    title: "Alban Butler"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Butler"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump