Blessed George Napper
- Also known as
- George Napier
- Memorial
- 9 November
- Profile
- Son of George and Anne Napper; his father taught at All Souls College.
Great-nephew of William Cardinal Peto.
Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and English College, Douai, France.
Ordained in 1596.
Ministered to the covert Catholics of Oxfordshire, England beginning in 1603; he travelled the countryside on foot, and apparently lived with his brother William who put himself in great danger by hiding him.
He was betrayed and arrested on 19 July 1610 when he was found carrying a breviary, holy oils, a reliquary, a pyx containing two consecrated Hosts; when he was later searched, the reliquary and pyx were somehow not found.
Sent to Oxford Castle, he was convicted of the crime of priesthood.
While in prison he ministered to fellow prisoners; this was considered an additional crime.
He was offered the a commutation of his sentence from death to exile if he would sign an oath of allegiance against the pope; he declined.
Martyr.
- Born
- 1550 at Holywell Manor, Oxford, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered between 1 and 2 in the afternoon of 9 November 1610 at Oxford, England;
body parts hung on the city gates as warnings to other Catholics;
some parts recovered and given burial at Sanford manor
- Beatified
- 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending
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