Blessed Ralph Corby
- Also known as
- Ralph Corbington
- Memorial
- 7 September
- Profile
- Raised in a pious family; all of them, parents included, eventually took religious vows.
Educated at the College of Saint Omer in France, the seminary of Saint Gregory at Seville, Spain, and the Royal College of Saint Alban in Valladolid, Spain.
Jesuit in 1631.
Ordained in 1631.
He returned to England in 1632 to minister to covert Catholics in the area of Durham.
Arrested with Blessed John Duckett, and condemned to death for the crime of priesthood.
Martyr.
- Born
- 25 March 1598 in Maynooth, Ireland
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered on 7 September 1644 at Tyburn, England
- Beatified
- 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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