Blessed William Patenson
- Memorial
- 22 January
- Profile
- Studied at Rheims, France.
Ordained in 1587.
Returned to England in 1588 to minister covertly to Catholics.
Arrested in 1591, he was condemned to death for the crime of priesthood.
While in awaiting his execution, he ministered to other prisoners, and converted six of them to Catholicism.
- Born
- Durham, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1592 at Tyburn, England
- Beatified
- 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
- Catholic Online
