Blessed John Fenwick
- Memorial
- 20 June
- Profile
- Educated at Saint-Omer.
Jesuit in 1656.
Convicted with
Blessed John Gavan,
Venerable William Barrow,
Venerable Thomas Whitebread, and
Blessed Anthony Turner
for alleged complicity in the Titus Oates Plot; one of the trial rules included the principal that no Catholic could be believed in court.
Martyr.
- Born
- at Durham, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered on 20 June 1679 at Tyburn, England
- Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- Beatified
- 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
- Catholic Online
