Francis Stanfield (1835–1914) was an English Catholic priest, composer and hymnodist who worked in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster and is noted for having written and composed several hymns including Sweet Sacrament Divine.
[1] He was educated at St Edmund's College, Ware.
[2] Stanfield wrote over a dozen hymns for various occasions.
His hymn "Hear Thy Children Gentle Jesus, While We Breathe Our Evening Prayer" uses the tune Drakes Broughton (by Elgar).
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