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Blessed James Fenn

detail of a holy card of Blessed James Fenn at his execution, date and artist unknown; swiped from Santi e Beati 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

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

Additional Information

105 Martyrs of Tyburn
Mementoes of the English Martyrs and Confessors, by Father Henry Sebastian Bowden
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- A Calendar of the English Martyrs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beat

MLA Citation

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