Blessed John Mason
- Memorial
- 10 December
- Profile
- Layman.
Servant to a Mr Owen of Oxfordshire.
Arrested for harbouring priests in general, and Saint Edmund Gennings in particular, physically restraining the men who were going to arrest Gennings during Mass.
Martyred with Saint Edmund Gennings and Blessed Sidney Hodgson.
- Born
- at Kendal, Westmorland, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1591 at Tyburn, England
- Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- Beatified
- 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending
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