Bienheureux JAMES FENN, JOHN NUTTER, GEORGE HAYDOCK, THOMAS HEMERFORD et JOHN MUNDEN, prêtres et martyrs

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

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

Blessed James Fenn

Memorial

• 12 February
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

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

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 12 February 1584 at Tyburn, London, England

Venerated

• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

SOURCE : http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-james-fenn/

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

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/the-one-hundred-and-five-martyrs-of-tyburn-12-february-1584/

Mementoes of the English Martyrs and Confessors – Venerable James Fenn, Priest, 1584

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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. 12 February 2021. <https://catholicsaints.info/mementoes-of-the-english-martyrs-and-confessors-venerable-james-fenn-priest-1584/>

SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/mementoes-of-the-english-martyrs-and-confessors-venerable-james-fenn-priest-1584/

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

Beati Tommaso Hemmerford, Giacomo Fenn, Giovanni Nutter e Giovanni Munden Sacerdoti e martiri

12 febbraio

† 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