Richard Crashaw was born in 1612.

Richard Crashaw died on 1649-08-25.

Richard Crashaw, the English poet, was a Roman Catholic.
Yes, Richard Crashaw was Roman Catholic that is why he tried to reform the church.

Ruth Coons Wallerstein has written:

'Richard Crashaw' -- subject(s): Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649

'Studies in seventeenth-century poetic' -- subject(s): History and criticism, English poetry, Elegiac poetry, English, Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678, English Elegiac poetry

Margaret Claydon has written:

'Richard Crashaw's paraphrases of the Vexilla Regis, Stabat Mater, Adoro Te, Lauda Sion, Dies Irae, O Gloriosa Domina'