Blessed Edward Powell

Memorial
30 July
Profile
Priest. Canon of Salisbury and a fellow of Oriel. Author of several treatises opposing Martin Luther. Counsellor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII. Convicted on high treason in 1534 on the basis of denying the king's supremacy over the Church. Spent six years imprisoned in the Tower of London before being martyred with Blessed Thomas Abel and Blessed Richard Featherstone.
Born
1478 in Wales
Died
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 30 July 1540 at Smithfield, England
Beatified
29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized
pending
Additional Information
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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