Blessed Mark Barkworth
- Also known as
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George Barkworth
Mark Lambert
- Memorial
- 27 February
- Profile
- Described as a tall, burly man, always cheerful, even in the sufferings of his later life.
Studied at Oxford University.
Convert to Catholicism, joining the Church at Douai, France in 1594.
Studied at English College, Rome, Italy starting on 16 December 1596 and then at the Royal College of Saint Alban in Valladolid, Spain.
While on the road to Spain he had a vision; Saint Benedict appeared to him and told he would die a Benedictine and a martyr.
Ordained in 1599.
Benedictine Oblate.
He returned to England with Saint Thomas Garnet to minister to covert Catholics.
He was arrested, spent several months in prison, and was finally condemned for the crime of being a priest.
Martyred with Blessed Roger Filcock and Saint Anne Line, the first Benedictine to be die after the suppression of their monasteries.
- Born
- c.1572 in Lincolnshire, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered on 27 February 1601 at Tyburn, London, England
- Venerated
- 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Beatified
- 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Mark, contact
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
39 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia, by Bede Camm
Catholic Online
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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- Readings
- I am come here to die, being a Catholic, a priest, and a religious man, belonging to the Order of Saint Benedict; it was by this same order that England was converted.
- Blessed Mark, to the crowd gathered to watch his execution
Ah, sister, thou hast got the start of us, but we will follow thee as quickly as we may.
- Blessed Mark, speaking at his execution to Saint Anne Line who had just died