Blessed Francis Page

Memorial

• 20 April

Profile

Raised in a Protestant family from Harrow-on-the-Hill, England. Convert to Catholicism. Studied at Douai, France where he was ordained in 1600. Worked in England to minister to covert Catholics who faced government persecution. Arrested and sentenced to death for the crime of being a priest. While he prison he became a Jesuit. Martyr.

Born

• Antwerp, Belgium

Died

• 20 April 1602 at Tyburn, 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 Page, 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
• Dictionary of Patron Saints’ Names
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Francis Page”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 April 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-francis-page/>