[NYer]

After Newman's conversion, Catholicism became a major intellectual presence in English cultural life. Thousands of British citizens followed him and converted to Catholicism. This phenomenon crossed the Atlantic, heralding a similar revival in the United States.

[Fiji Hill]

Newman was also one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, writing poems such as The Sign of the Cross, The Golden Prison and The Pilgrim Queen.

He also wrote the hymn Lead, Kindly Light