Christopher Davenport, also known as Franciscus a Sancta Clara , (b. 1598, at Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, England, d. 31 May　1680) was an English Catholic theologian, a Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 Recollect

Recollect

The term Recollect refers to a group that resulted from the various reformation that happened into the different mendicant orders during the middle ages...

, and royal chaplain.
Christopher Davenport was the son of Alderman John Davenport and Elizabeth Wolley, and from the grammar school at Coventry went to Dublin where he spent fifteen months, leaving it 22 November, 1611.