In 1588 he was ordained priest, and became professor at the English College, Reims. He then graduated Lic.D. at Trier (1592) and D.D. at Ingolstadt (1595). He became Canon at Verdun, then confessor and almoner to the Duchess of Cleves; after her death he became Dean of Liverdun. He died in Liverdun, Lorraine.
Work
Relationum Historicarum de rebus Angliæ in four parts:
De Illustribus Angliæ Scriptoribus, published in Paris in 1619
De Regibus Angliæ
De Episcopis Angliæ
De Viris Apostolicis Angliæ
(the last three parts remained in manuscript in Liverdun)
Tractatus de beatitudine, published in Ingolstadt in 1595
Libri septem de peregrinatione published in Düsseldorf in 1604
References
Edwin Burton (2005). "John Pitts". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 May 2006.
Joseph Gillow (1885). "Pitts, John". A literary and biographical history, or bibliographical dictionary of the English Catholics. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
