London,
Tyburn Convent, Martyrs shrine with a replica of Tyburn Tree
London,
Tyburn-Kloster, Kapelle der katholischen Märtyrer des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts
in
Großbritannien,
Altar mit einer Nachbildung des dreifüßigen Tyburn-Galgens
Bienheureux Thomas
Hemerford
Jacques Fenn, Jean
Nutter, Jean Munden et Georges Haydock, prêtres - martyrs en
Angleterre (+ 1584)
Thomas Hemerford, né dans
le Dorset en Angleterre, élève d'Oxford, se convertit au catholicisme et fit
ses études sacerdotales au collège anglais de Rome. Revenu dans son pays, il
fut pendu à Tyburn-Londres pour sa fidélité à l'Eglise romaine, avec quatre
compagnons. Ils furent béatifiés en 1929.
À Londres, en 1584, les
bienheureux martyrs Thomas Hemmerford, Jacques Fenn, Jean Nutter, Jean Munden
et Georges Haydock, prêtres. À cause de leur fidélité à l'Église romaine, alors
que la reine Élisabeth Ière prétendait au pouvoir dans le domaine religieux,
ils furent condamnés à mort , pendus à Tyburn et éventrés alors qu'ils
respiraient encore.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5700/Bienheureux-Thomas-Hemerford.html
James Fenn
1549-1584
Né à Montacute
(Somerset), il avait été élève au collège Corpus Christi d’Oxford.
Marié, il était veuf avec
deux enfants. On lui donnerait approximativement la quarantaine d’années ou un
peu moins. Faisons-le naître vers 1549.
Condamné à mort pour
avoir «comploté contre la Reine», il souffrit le martyre à Tyburn en même temps
que lels prêtres George Haydock, Thomas Hemmerford, John Murden et John Nutter.
Juste avant le supplice,
on avait enlevé à James tous ses vêtements, sauf sa chemise ; puis au
moment de tirer sur la corde de la pendaison, on lui retira aussi cette
malheureuse chemise, de sorte qu’il se trouva entièrement nu, pendu, au regard
de toute la foule, qui protesta hautement, raconte un témoin
oculaire.
Puis, comme pour George
et Thomas, on le remit sur pied encore vivant, pour l’éviscérer avant de
l’écarteler, ce même 12 février 1584.
Il fut béatifié en même
temps que Thomas, et les deux John, en 1929.
SOURCE : http://www.samuelephrem.eu/article-james-fenn-114997106.html
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Educated at
Corpus Christi College and
Gloucester Hall at Oxford
University. Married layman and schoolmaster. Widower.
He studied at Rheims, France,
and was ordained in 1580.
He returned to England to
minister to covert Catholics in
the area of Somerset. Arrested for
his faith,
he was convicted of treason when he remained loyal to Rome and refused to take
the Oath of Supremacy. Martyr.
Born
at Montacute,
Somerset, England
hanged,
drawn, and quartered on 12 February 1584 at
Tyburn, London, England
8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree
of martyrdom)
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
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Blessed James Fenn and
Companions (AC)
Died 1584. A group of
martyrs consisting of James Fenn, John Nutter, John Munden, and Thomas
Hemerford, who were martyred at Tyburn, England, and beatified in 1929. While
they died during the same persecution and were beatified at the same time, they
are not included among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
James Fenn was born in
Montacute near Yeovil, Somerset, and was educated at Corpus Christi College and
Gloucester Hall at Oxford. He became a school master and married. Upon his
wife's death, he studied in Rheims and was ordained to the priesthood in 1580.
John Nutter was born near
Burnley, Lancastershire, and was a fellow of Saint John's College, Cambridge.
He studied for the priesthood at Rheims and was ordained in 1581.
John Munden, a native of
Coltley, South Maperton, Dorset, studied at New College, Oxford, became a
school master, went to Rheims and to Rome for his ecclesiastical training and
was ordained in 1582.
Thomas Hemerford, a
native of Dorsetshire, was educated at Saint John's College and Hart Hall,
Oxford. He studied for the priesthood at the English College in Rome, where he
was ordained in 1583--just a year before his death (Benedictines).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0212.shtml
Mementoes
of the English Martyrs and Confessors – Venerable James Fenn, Priest, 1584
Article
Ordained priest when a
widower of mature age, he laboured first in his own county, Somersetshire. He
was soon apprehended, and to complete his disgrace was exposed to the people,
chained and fettered, on a market-day. Removed to the Marshalsea, where his priesthood
was unknown, he spent his time in strengthening the Catholics, administering
the Sacraments and reconciling Protestants to the Church. The main objects of
his charity, however, were the criminals and pirates under sentence of death.
These he visited and exhorted with great affection to make good use of the time
by repenting of their sins and seeking pardon through the power Christ had left
with His Church. Many responded to his call, among them one noted pirate, till
then in despair at the load of his sins, cast himself at his feet and desired
to be reconciled. This was done, and so staunch was this convert that he
absolutely refused the prayers and communion of the Protestant minister, and on
the scaffold publicly professed his faith. As Father Fenn was being laid on the
hurdle his little daughter Frances came weeping to take leave of him. The good
man lifted his pinioned hands as far as he could and gave her his blessing, and
was drawn to Tyburn, 12 February 1584.
MLA
Citation
Father Henry Sebastian
Bowden. “Venerable James Fenn, Priest, 1584”. Mementoes
of the English Martyrs and Confessors, 1910. CatholicSaints.Info.
21 April 2019. Web. 24 May 2026.
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Bl. James Fenn
Feastday: February 12
Death: 1584
Martyr in England. Born
in Somerset, he studied at Oxford and
became a fellow until he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and was
removed. James married
and became a schoolmaster in Somerset. After the passing of his wife, he went
to Reims where
he studied for the priesthood and
received ordination in 1580. Returning to England, he worked in Somerset until
arrested. He was then moved to London and named a conispirator of a bogus
assassination plot. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on February
12. Pope Pius XI canonized him in 1929.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3891
Bl James Fenn and
Companions
Celebrated on February
12th
Martyrs. Born in 1540,
James Fenn came from Montacute, near Yeovil in Somerset. His brothers John and
Robert were both priests. He studied at Corpus Christi College in Oxford, where
he was known as a fine singer - but he was expelled when he refused to take the
oath of supremacy declaring Queen Elizabeth head of the Church. He became a
schoolmaster and got married in the village where he was born. The couple had a
son and a daughter. The local vicar challenged him for not attending Anglican
services and the family was forced to go into hiding. After his wife died
suddenly, James travelled to Rheims and studied for the priesthood. He was
ordained in 1580. It was very dangerous to be a Catholic in England at that
time, but James returned to Somerset to minister to the recusant community
there. In 1584, he was captured and accused of a conspiracy to kill the Queen.
On the morning of 12th February 1584, when he was already laid on the hurdle at
Tower Gate, he looked up, and recognized his little daughter, Frances, standing
in the crowd. She was weeping bitterly, but it was said that James kept his
habitual calm and peaceful expression, and gave her his blessing before he was
carried away to be executed. Questioned on the accused charge of treason, he
reiterated that he had never wished to harm the Queen by so much as a pin-prick
and willingly gave all due obedience to her in worldly matters, but not in
spiritual matters. Immediately before being hanged, he commended himself and
the Queen to God's mercy.
Fenn and his companions were hung, drawn and quartered. Their remains were
displayed above the four main gates of London, and their heads were mounted on
London Bridge.
James Fenn, George Haydock, John Munden, John Nutter and Thomas Hemerford were
beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
SOURCE : https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/047
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Brother of Blessed Robert
Nutter. Fellow at Saint John’s College, Cambridge.
Studied for the priesthood at
the English College in Rheims, France. Ordained in 1581. Martyr.
Born
at Burnley,
Lancashire, England
hanged,
drawn, and quartered on 12 February 1584 at
Tyburn, London, England
8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree
of martyrdom)
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
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22
November as one of the Martyrs
of England, Scotland, and Wales
29 October as
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of Douai
1 December as
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of the Venerable English College
Profile
Youngest son of Evan and
Helen Haydock. Educated at
the English College in Douai, France,
and the English College in Rome, Italy. Ordained on 21
December 1581 at Rheims, France.
He then returned to England to
minister to covert Catholics during
the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth
I. Arrested in London, England,
he served 15 months in the Tower of London for the crime of being a priest;
at one point he was finally allowed to administer the Sacraments to
fellow prisoners.
Zealous supporter of the pope,
and not secular authorities, as ruler of the Church.
One of the Martyrs
of England, Scotland, and Wales.
c.1557 in
Cottam Hall, Lancashire, England
hanged, drawn and
quartered on 12
February 1584 in
Tyburn, London, England
10
November 1986 by Pope John
Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
22
November 1987 by Pope John
Paul II
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Readings
I pray God that
my blood may increase the Catholic faith in England. – Blessed George,
speaking from the gallows
MLA
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Ven. George Haydock
English martyr; born
1556; executed at Tyburn, 12 February, 1583-84. He was the youngest son of Evan
Haydock of Cottam Hall, Lancashire, and Helen, daughter of William Westby of
Mowbreck Hall, Lancashire; was educated at the
English Colleges at Douai and Rome, and ordained priest (apparently
at Reims), 21
December, 1581. Arrested in London soon after
landing, he spent a year and three months in the strictest confinement in the
Tower, suffering from the recrudescence of a severe malarial fever first
contracted in the early summer of 1581 when visiting the seven churches
of Rome. About
May, 1583, though he remained in the Tower, his imprisonment was
relaxed to "free custody", and he was able to administer the
Sacraments to his fellow-prisoners. During the first period of his captivity he
was accustomed to decorate his cell with the name and arms of the pope scratched or
drawn in charcoal on the door or walls, and through his career his devotion to
the papacy amounted
to a passion. It therefore gave him particular pleasure that on the following
feast of St. Peter's Chair at Rome (16 January)
he and other priests imprisoned in the
Tower were examined at the Guildhall by the recorder touching their beliefs, though he
frankly confesses it was with reluctance that he was eventually obliged to declare
that the queen was a heretic,
and so seal his fate. On 5 February, 1583-4, he was indicted with James Fenn, a
Somersetshire man, formerly fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, the future martyr William Deane, who had
been ordained priest the same day
as himself, and six other priests, for having
conspired against the queen at Reims, 23 September,
1581, agreeing to come to England, 1 October, and
setting out for England,
1 November. In point of fact he arrived at Reims on 1
November, 1581. On the same 5 February two equally ridiculous indictments were
brought, the one against Thomas Hemerford, a Dorsetshire man, sometime scholar
of St. John's College, Oxford, the other
against John Munden, a Dorsetshire man, sometime fellow of New College, Oxford, John Nutter, a Lancashire
man, sometime scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, and two other priests. The next day,
St. Dorothy's Day, Haydock, Fenn, Hemerford, Munden, and Nutter were brought to
the bar and pleaded not guilty.
Haydock had for a long
time shown a great devotion to St. Dorothy, and was accustomed to commit
himself and his actions to her daily protection. It may be that he first
entered the college at Douai on that day
in 1574-5, but this is uncertain. The "Concertatio Ecclesiae" says he
was arrested on this day in 1581-2, but the Tower bills state that he was
committed to the Tower on the 5th, in which case he was arrested on the 4th. On
Friday the 7th all five were found guilty, and sentenced to death. The other four
were committed in shackles to "the pit" in the Tower, but Haydock,
probably lest he should elude the executioner by a natural death, was sent back
to his old quarters. Early on Wednesday the 12th he said Mass, and later the
five priests were
drawn to Tyburn on hurdles; Haydock, being probably the youngest and certainly
the weakest in health, was the first to suffer. An eyewitness has given us an
account of their martyrdom,
which Father Pollen, S.J., has printed in the fifth volume of the Catholic Record Society.
He describes Haydock as
"a man of complexion fayre, of countenance milde, and in professing of
his faith passing
stoute". He had been reciting prayers all the
way, and as he mounted the cart said aloud the last verse of "Te lucis
ante terminum". He acknowledged Elizabeth as his rightful queen, but
confessed that he had called her a heretic. He then recited
secretly a Latin hymn,
refused to pray in
English with the people, but desired that all Catholics would pray for him and
his country. Whereupon one bystander cried "Here be noe Catholicks",
and another "We be all Catholicks"; Haydock explained "I meane
Catholicks of the Catholick Roman Church, and
I pray God that my bloud
may encrease the Catholick faith in England". Then the
cart was driven away, and though "the officer strock at the rope sundry
times before he fell downe", Haydock was alive when he was disembowelled.
So was Hemerford, who suffered second. The unknown eyewitness says, "when
the tormentor did cutt off his members, he did cry, 'Oh! A!'; I heard myself
standing under the gibbet". As for Fenn, "before the cart was driven
away, he was stripped of all his apparell saving his shirt only, and presently
after the cart was driven away his shirt was pulled of his back, so that he
hung stark naked, whereat the people muttered greatly". He also was cut
down alive, though one of the sheriffs was for mercy. Nutter and Munden were
the last to suffer. They made speeches and prayers similar to
those uttered by their predecessors. Unlike them they were allowed to hang
longer, if not till they were dead, at any rate until they were quite
unconscious. Haydock was twenty-eight, Munden about forty, Fenn, a widower,
with two children, was probably also about forty, Hemerford was probably about
Haydock's age; Nutter's age is quite unknown.
Sources
GILLOW, Bibl. Dict. Eng.
Cath., III, 202; cf. III, 265; V, 142, 201; CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY,
publications (London, 1905-), II, V, passim, III, 12-15; IV, 74; FOLEY, Records
Eng. Prov. S.J., VI (London, 1875-1883), 74, 103; BRIDGEWATER, Concertatio
Ecclesiae Catholicae (Trier, 1588), passim; WAINEWRIGHT in CATHOLIC TRUTH
SOCIETY's pamphlets: George Haydock; James Fenn; John Nutter; Two English Martyrs;
POLLEN, Acts of English Martyrs (London, 1891), 252, 253, 304.
Wainewright,
John. "Ven. George Haydock." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
7. New York: Robert Appleton
Company, 1910. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07159a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Herman F. Holbrook. Honoribus
altaris, Rex martyrum Domine, glorifica servum tuum.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2026 by New Advent LLC.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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of Oxford University
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of the Venerable English College
Profile
Studied at
New College, Oxford. Teacher and schoolmaster. Studied for
the priesthood at Rheims, France,
and Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1582. Martyr.
Born
at Coltley, South
Maperton, Dorset, England
hanged,
drawn, and quartered on 12 February 1584 at
Tyburn, London, England
8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree
of martyrdom)
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
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The
One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn – 12 February 1584
Venerable James Fenn, secular priest
Venerable George Haydock, secular priest
Venerable Thomas Hamerford, secular priest
Venerable John Munden, secular priest
Venerable John
Nutter, secular priest
On the Feast of Saint
Peter’s Chains, these prisoners of Christ were accounted worthy to hear the
death sentence passed on them for upholding the primacy of Peter.
James Fenn was born at
Montacute, in Somersetshire. He made his studies at Oxford, at New College and
Corpus Christi College. On the death of his wife he became a Seminary Priest. A
moving scene took place at the Tower Gate after he was bound on the hurdle; his
little daughter Frances, with many tears, came to take her last leave of him
and receive his blessing, which he gave her with difficulty, striving to raise
his manacled hands.
George Haydock, the son
of the Squire of Cottamhall, near Preston, Lancashire was the youngest of the
five martyr priests, being only twenty-four years old when he suffered. In
answer to the questions put by the minister, he said that if he and the Queen
were alone in some desert place where he could do to her what he would he would
not so much as prick her with a pin: “No, not to gain the whole world, and,” he
added, “I beg and beseech all Catholics to pray together with me to our common
Lord for me and for our Country’s weal.”
Venerable Thomas Hamerford
and Venerable John Munden welcomed death with great fortitude. Father Munden
acknowledged his sentence by joyfully reciting the “Te Deum.” They were both
natives of Dorset.
Venerable John Nutter was
born in Lancashire. He won for himself the name “John of Plain Dealing” from
his fellow prisoners for his outspokenness in rebuking vice. He is said to have
been timid by nature, but he now met a most cruel death with no less courage
and constancy than his companions.
– from The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn, by
The Nuns of the Convent of Tyburn, 1917
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Beati Tommaso Hemmerford,
Giacomo Fenn, Giovanni Nutter e Giovanni Munden Sacerdoti e martiri
† Tyburn, Inghilterra, 12
febbraio 1584
Emblema: Palma
Martirologio
Romano: A Londra in Inghilterra, beati martiri Tommaso Hemmerford, Giacomo
Fenn, Giovanni Nutter, Giovanni Munden e Giorgio Haydock, sacerdoti, che,
essendosi la regina Elisabetta I arrogata il primato nelle questioni
spirituali, per aver mantenuto la fedeltà alla Chiesa di Roma furono condannati
a morte e a Tyburn sventrati ancora vivi.
Thomas
Hemerford nacque nel Dorsetshire in Inghilterra. Studiò ad Oxford e,
convertitosi al cattolicesimo, intraprese poi gli studi religiosi nell’English
College di Roma. Qui fu ordinato sacerdote nel 1583 e fece poi ritorno in
patria.
James Fenn nacque a Montacute in Inghilterra. Studiò presso Corpus Christi
College e Gloucester Hall dell’università di Oxford. Si sposò e divenne
insegnante. Rimasto poi vedovo, intraprese gli studi religiosi nel collegio
inglese di Reims in Francia e venne ordinato sacerdote nel 1580.
John Nutter, fratello del beato Robert Nutter, nacque a Burnley in Inghilterra.
Studiò nel Saint John's College di Cambridge, per poi intraprendere gli studi
religiosi nel collegio inglese di Reims in Francia. Fu ordinato sacerdote nel
1581.
John Munden nacque a Coltley in Inghilterra. Studiò nel New College di
Oxford, per poi intraprendere gli studi religiosi nel collegio inglese di Reims
in Francia. Fu ordinato sacerdote nel 1582.
La loro normale vita di sacerdoti religiosi si inserì nel tragico contesto
della persecuzione perpetrata ai danni della Chiesa Cattolica da parte dei
monarchi inglesi. In quel periodo infatti la regina Elisabetta I, pretendendo
per sé la sovranità anche in ambito spirituale, condannò a morte per la loro
fedeltà al Romano Pontefice parecchi cattolici, tra i quali appunto i sacerdoti
gesuiti Thomas Hemerford, John Nutter, James Fenn e John Munden, insieme anche
con George Haydock, sacerdote del vicariato apostolico di Inghilterra. Tutti
insieme furono squartati vivi a Tyburn, presso Londra, il 12 febbraio 1584.
Questi gloriosi martiri vennero beatificati il 15 dicembre 1929 da papa Pio XI
ed il Martyrologium Romanum li commemora ancora oggi nell’anniversario della
nascita al cielo.
Autore: Fabio
Arduino
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92849
Beato Tomás Hemmerford y
compañeros, Presbíteros y Mártires
Febrero 12
Martirologio Romano: En
Londres, en Inglaterra, beatos mártires Tomás Hemmeford, Jacobo Fenn, Juan
Nutter y Juan Munden, presbíteros, que, por fidelidad a la Iglesia romana y
ante la pretensión de la reina Isabel I de atribuirse el primado en lo
espiritual, fueron condenados a muerte, y descuartizados mientras aún
respiraban (1584).
Fecha de beatificación:
15 de diciembre de 1929 por el Papa Pío XI.
Tomás
Hemmeford nació en Dorsetshire (hoy Dorset), un contado de Inglaterra.
Estudió en Oxford y, convertido al catolicismo, fue a culminar sus estudios
religiosos en el Colegio Inglés en Roma. Ordenado sacerdote en 1583 retornó a
su patria.
Jacobo Fenn nació en
Montacute, Inglaterra. Hizo sus estudios en el internado del Corpus Christi
College y en el Gloucester Hall de la Universidad de Oxford. Se casó y fue
profesor. Luego de enviudar, ingresó al colegio inglés en Reims (Francia)
emprendiendo estudios religiosos, se ordenó de sacerdote en 1580.
Juan Nutter hermano
del beato Robert Nutter, nació en Burnley, Inglaterra. Estudió en el Saint
John´s College de Cambridge, pero para continuar sus estudios religiosos se
cambió al colegio inglés en Reims (Francia). Fue ordenado sacerdote en 1581.
Juan Munden nació en
Coltley, Inglaterra, estudió en el New College de Oxford, y sus estudios
religiosos los sigue en el colegio inglés en Reims (Francia). Fue ordenado
sacerdote en 1582.
Sus normales vidas
sacerdotales tuvieron contexto dentro de la trágica persecución perpetrada contra
la Iglesia Católica por los monarcas británicos. En aquel período la reina
Isabel I, quien deseaba se reconociera su supremacía incluso en el ámbito
espiritual, condenó a la muerte a muchos católicos por su fidelidad al Romano
Pontífice, entre ellos a los jesuitas Tomás Hemmeford, Jacobo Fenn, Juan Nutter
y Juan Munden, junto a Jorge Haydock, sacerdote del vicariato apostólico de
Inglaterra (este último beatificado el 22 de noviembre de 1987 por el Papa Juan
Pablo II). Todos ellos fueron descuartizados vivos en Tyburn, cerca de Londres,
el 12 de febrero de 1584.
Estos mártires fueron
beatificados el 15 de diciembre de 1929 por el Papa Pío XI, y desde ese día el
Martirologió Romano conmemora el día de hoy su nacimiento al reino de los
cielos.
Fuente: santiebeati.it
Traducción: Xavier
Villalta Andrade
SOURCE : http://vidas-santas.blogspot.ca/2013/02/beatos-tomas-hemmeford-y-companeros.html
Den salige George Haydock
(~1557-1584)
Minnedag:
22. november
En av Åttifem salige
martyrer fra England, Skottland og Wales
Den salige George Haydock
ble født ca 1557 i Cottam Hall i Preston i Lancashire i England. Han fulgte sin
far og sin bror til Douai i Flandern og studerte i Reims og i Roma, hvor han
ble presteviet. Han vendte tilbake til England, men ble snart arrestert i St.
Paul's Churchyard den 6. februar 1582. Han satt innesperret i Tower i over et
år. Han ble avhørt i januar 1584 og henrettet for høyforræderi i Tyburn den 12.
februar 1584 ved å bli hengt, buksprettet og partert, «hanged, drawn and
quartered», 27 år gammel.
Han ble saligkåret av
pave Johannes Paul II den 22. november 1987 som en av Åttifem martyrer av
England, Skottland og Wales. De har felles minnedag 22. november, men han kan
også minnes på dødsdagen 12. februar.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Sist oppdatert: 1998-05-03 22:52
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/ghaydock
~ Martyrs of England and
Wales († 1535-1680) ~(III) : http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/England03.htm#Munden
~ Martyrs of England and
Wales († 1535-1680) ~ (IV) : http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/England04.htm#Haydock
