MACNABB, VINCENT. — Dominican theologian and preacher, born at Portaferry (Ireland) on 18 July 1868, died in London on 17 June 1943. For forty years he taught philosophy, dogmatic theology, and exegesis at the London convent. He was instrumental in introducing the teaching of St Thomas Aquinas at the University of London. A prolific and original writer (about thirty works), he was also a highly individual controversialist. His lectures at Hyde Park gained him wide popularity, and he came to be regarded as one of the most eminent figures in the Catholic clergy of England.
Among his principal works are: *Infallibility* (London 1925); *The New Testament witness to St Peter* (ibid. 1928; Italian trans., Brescia 1943); *The New Testament witness to Our Blessed Lady* (London 1930; Italian trans., Brescia 1939); *The Church and reunion* (London 1937); *Frontiers of faith and reason* (ibid. 1937); *A life of Our Lord* (ibid. 1938); *Mary of Nazareth* (ibid. 1940).