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September 23, 2025Frederick William Rolfe

An Accidental Pope: Essays on Frederick Rolfe’s Hadrian the Seventh

Note, the publication date will be December 25th. Here is the book’s webpage. The cover’s artwork is by the very excellent Matt Dawson. accidental popeCatholic ChurchCorvoFrederick William Rolfehadrian the seventhmatt dawsonMiroslaw Aleksander Miernikphilosophical literature

October 18, 2013baron corvo, Frederick William Rolfe

Baron Corvo Centenary

To commemorate the centenary of Corvo’s death (October 25, 1913) I’m pleased to discover that Boo-Hooray Gallery will be marking the event with some style (well at least in Venice) – Corvo might well approve. It’s nice that there are others out there who appreciate the Baron. Some vulgarian referee showed up his ignorance about Corvo’s…