Blessed Brian Lacey

Nov 282009
 

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Yorkshire country gentleman. Cousin, companion and assistant to Venerable Father Montford Scott Arrested in 1586 for helping and hiding priests. Arrested again in 1591 when his own brother Richard betrayed him, Brian was tortured at Bridewell prison to learn the names of more people who had helped priests. Finally arraigned down the Old Bailey, he was condemed to death for his faith, for aiding priests and encouraging Catholics. Martyr.

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Venerated

Beatified

Canonized

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

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MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Brian Lacey”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-brian-lacey/>

Blessed Thomas Somers

Nov 272009
 

Also known as

  • Thomas Wilson

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Schoolmaster. Seminarian in Douai, France. Priest. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in London, sometimes using the alias Thomas Wilson. Arrested and condemned to death for the crime of being a priest. Martyred with Saint John Roberts.

Born

  • Skelsmergh, Westmoreland, England

Died

Venerated

Beatified

Canonized

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

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MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Thomas Somers”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-thomas-somers/>

Saint John Roberts

Nov 272009
 

[Saint John Roberts]
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Son of John and Anna Roberts; his ancestors were princes in Wales. Raised Protestant, John always felt an affinity for Catholicism. He studied at Saint John’s College, Oxford from 1595 to 1597, but left without a degree. He then studied law at the Inns of Court at age 21. In 1598, while travelling in France, he joined the Church of Rome at Notre Dame in Paris.

Entered the English College at Valladolid, Spain on 18 October 1598. He left the College in 1599 to join the Abbey of Saint Benedict in Valladolid. Benedictine novice at the Abbey of Saint Martin in Compostela, Spain in 1600. Ordained there.

Father John returned to England as a missioner, leaving on 26 December 1602, and entering the country in April 1603. Arrested in May 1603, and exiled. Returned to England in 1604, and worked with plague victims in London; arrested and banished again. Returned to England in 1605. During a search for suspects involved in the Gunpowder Plot, John was found in the home of Mrs Thomas Percy, and was arrested again. Though he had no connection to the Plot, he spent seven months in prison, and was exiled again in July 1606.

While in exile he founded a house in Douai for exiled English Benedictines; this house became the monastery of Saint Gregory. Responsible for the conversion of Blessed Maurus Scott. Returned to England in October 1607, was arrested in December, and sent to Gatehouse prison. He escaped, and spent a year working in London, but was again arrested. His execution was scheduled for May 1609, but the intercession of the French ambassador led to a reduction in sentence; he was exiled yet again.

Returned to England a few months later, he was arrested while celebrating Mass on 2 December 1610. Convicted on 5 December 1610 of the crime of priesthood. Martyred with Blessed Thomas Somers. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

  • 1577 at Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, Gwynedd, northern Wales

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Venerated

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint John Roberts”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-john-roberts/>

Saint John Almond

Nov 252009
 

[Saint John Almond]
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Grew up in Ireland. Educated at Much Woolton, in Rheims, France, and at the English College, Rome, Italy at age 20. Ordained in 1598. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1602. Arrested in 1608 and 1612 for the crime of being a priest. The effectiveness of his debating skills against the anti-Catholic powers of the time led to his being one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint John Almond”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-john-almond/>

Blessed Edward Coleman

Nov 012009
 

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Educated at Cambridge. Convert to Catholicism. Secretary to the duchess of York. Falsely condemned as being part of the Titus Oates Plot. Martyr.

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  • 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

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Blessed Gomidas Keumurjian

Oct 252009
 

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Married at age 20. Priest in the Armenian church. In 1696 he and his family made complete submission to the authority of Rome. This angered Armenian officials who took this as an insult. Some of them falsely accused Gomidas of being a spy for Rome, which led to his arrest and execution by Turkish authorities. Considered a martyr as his death was the result of his faith.

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Blessed John Slade

Oct 032009
 

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Studied at New College, Oxford, England. Schoolmaster. Refused to accept King Henry VIII‘s authority in spiritual matters. Martyred with Blessed John Bodey.

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

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Blessed John Bodey

Oct 032009
 

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Educated at Winchester and Oxford in England. Fellow of New College, Oxford in 1568. Convert. Studied law at Douai, France in 1576. Returned to England in February 1578 as a schoolmaster. Married layman. Repuditated King Henry VIII‘s claim of supremacy in spiritual matters. Arrested in 1580, spending three years in prison in Winchester. Tried and condemned with Blessed John Slade for his belief in Winchester in April 1583, he was re-tried in Andover, and convicted again on 15 August 1583. Martyr.

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

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We consider that iron for this cause borne on earth shall surmount gold and, precious stones in Heaven. That is our mark, that is our desire. In the mean season we are threatened daily, and do look still when the hurdle shall be brought to the door. I beseech you, for God’s sake, that we want not the good prayers of you all for our strength, our joy, and our perseverance unto the end…. From our school of patience the 16th September, 1583. - Blessed John Bodey, in a letter to Dr Humphrey Ely, while in prison

Blessed Solomon le Clerq

Aug 162009
 

[Blessed Solomon le Clerq]
Also known as

  • Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis Leclerq
  • Nicholas Leclerq
  • Salomon Leclerq
  • Solomon Leclerq

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Son of a wealthy French wine merchant. Though his father wanted him to pursue the family business, Nicholas early discerned a call to religious life. On 25 March 1767, he entered the novitiate of the Brothers of Christian Schools, and took the name Solomon. A good student, recognized for his piety and deep prayer life. Spent several years teaching at various schools throughout France, and witnessed much of the political turmoil tearing his country apart. Director of novices for his community, and frequent correspondent with his brothers and sisters on matters spiritual. Procurator in the Congregation’s motherhouse. Secretary to the superior general of the order. In the summer of 1792, Brother Solomon, along with many other priests and religious, was imprisoned, and martyred as part of the suppression of Christianity of the French Revolution.

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  • if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Solomon, contact
       Association “Le Souvenir des Martyrs de Septembre 1792
       70, rue de Vaugirard
       75006 Paris, FRANCE

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As for us, we hold to what we believed ten and twenty years ago; to what our forefathers believed one hundred years ago, and one thousand years ago, and to that which the whole Catholic world has always believed. - Brother Solomon Le Clerq

Blessed Michael Ghebre

Aug 162009
 

[Blessed Michael Ghebre]
Also known as

  • Ghébre Michael
  • Mikael Gabra

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Converted to Christianity by Vincentian missionaries in 1844, Michael joined the Order himself. He was ordained in 1851, and served in the Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia. Arrested for his faith with four companions whose names have been lost to us during the persecution of Negus Theodore II. Dragged from place to place, he died a prisoner and martyr.

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MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Michael Ghebre”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-michael-ghebre/>
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