Dominic Barberi was an Italian Passionist priest born in 1792 near Viterbo who became a significant figure in the 19th-century revival of Catholicism in England. Despite his humble beginnings as a shepherd and a lack of formal schooling, he became a brilliant theologian and lecturer. He felt a divine calling to preach in England, eventually establishing the Passionist presence there at Aston Hall. He is most famously recognized for his role in the conversion of John Henry Newman and numerous other Anglicans.