Richard Hugh Connolly (1873 – 16 March 1948) was a monk of Downside Abbey and a major contributor to Syriac scholarship. Barred for reasons of health from administrative or public roles he was trained by Edmund Bishop and belonged to a notable group of Cambridge Orientalists. He was a major contributor to the Journal of Theological Studies, the Downside Review and an early editor in the Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium.[1] He attended St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, NSW, in 1889.
Major works
Anonymi Auctoris Expositio Officiorum Ecclesiae Georgio Arbelensi Adscripta,I, T. CSCO 64(Scriptores Syri 25),1911; V. CSCO 71 (Scriptores Syri 28),1913;II Accedit Abrahae bar Lipheh Interpretatio Officiorum (Scriptores Syri 29 &32),1913 & 1953
The Liturgical Homilies of Narsai, translated into English with an Introduction. With an Appendix by Edmund Bishop (Texts and Studies, Vol. VIII, No.I, 1967)
References
^M.D. Knowles, Obituary notice of Dom R.H.Connolly 1873-1948? Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. XLIX, 1948
