Blessed William Filby

Memorial

• 30 May

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Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, England. Seminarian at Rheims, France beginning on 12 October 1579. Ordained on 25 March 1581. Soon after he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Arrested in July 1579 for the crime of priesthood, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and Marshalsea prison. Abused for several months, and then executed. Martyr.

Born

• c.1557 in Oxfordshire, England

Died

• hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 26 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

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     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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed William Filby”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 April 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-william-filby/>