Hail, full of grace and purity

Author: John Placid Conway

Conway, John Placid, was b. May 23, 1855, at Glasgow, ordained 1880, and is now (1906) Dominican Prior at St. Sebastian's, Pendleton, Manchester. He contributed four hymns to the Dominican Hymn Book, 1881:— 1. All hail, great Conqueror, to Thee. Rosary. Glorious Mysteries. 2. Flow'r of innocence, Saint Thomas. St. Thomas Aquinas. 3. Hail, full of grace and purity. Rosary. Joyful Mysteries. 4. Lord, by Thy prayer in agony. Rosary. Sorrowful Mysteries. Nos. 1, 3, 4 are also in Tozer's Catholic Hymns, 1898. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >