Blessed William Hart

Memorial

• 15 March

Profile

Raised Protestant. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. Convert to Catholicism. Studied for the priesthood at Douai, Rheims, and Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1581, he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Betrayed by an apostate in the house of Saint Margaret Clitherow. Martyr.

Born

• 1558 at Wells, England

Died

• martyred on 15 March 1583 at York, North Yorkshire, England

Beatified

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

Canonized

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

Readings

The joy of this life is nothing; the joy of the after life is everlasting.” - Blessed William Hart

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed William Hart“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 March 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>