Blessed William Dean
- Memorial
- 28 August
- Profile
- Protestant minister who converted to Catholicism.
Studied for the priesthood at Rheims, France.
Ordained in 1581.
Returned to England as a home missioner.
Arrested and exiled for his work, he returned and was arrested in London.
Condemned to death for the crime of priesthood.
Martyr.
- Born
- at Linton, Craven, Yorkshire, England
- Died
- 1588 at Mile End Green, East London, England
- Beatified
- 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending
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