Blessed Christopher Bales
- Also known as
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Christopher Bayles
Christopher Evers
- Memorial
- 4 March
- Profile
- Educated at Rome, Italy and Rheims, France.
Ordained at Douai, France in 1587.
Returned to England in 1588 to minister to covert Catholics, using the name Christopher Evers.
Arrested and martyred for the crime of priesthood.
- Born
- Coniscliffe, Durham, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 March 1590 in Fleet Street, London, England
- Venerated
- 8 December 1929
- Beatified
- 15 December 1929
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Christopher, contact
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
39 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM
- Additional Information
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The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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