Blessed Anthony Middleton

Memorial

• 6 May

Profile

Son of Ambrose Middleton of Barnard Castle, Durham, England, and Cecil, daughter of Anthony Crackenthorpe of Howgill Castle, Westmoreland, England. Entered the English College at Rheims, France on 9 January 1582. Ordained on 30 May 1586. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in the area of London. Arrested for the crime of priesthood; captured in a residence in Clerkenwell, London by a priest-catcher who claimed to be a Catholic who needed a priest. Martyr.

Born

• Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 6 May 1590 in London, England

Venerated

• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Edward, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales,
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Hagiography Circle
• Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

Readings

I call God to witness I die merely for the Catholic Faith, and for being a priest of the true Religion. - Blessed Anthony’s last words, spoken from the scaffold as he was about to be hanged

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Anthony Middleton“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 May 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>