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Blessed James Duckett

19 April

Profile

London bookseller. Convert to Catholicism. Married and father of one son. Arrested several times for printing and selling Catholic books before finally being executed for the crime. Martyr.

Born

at Gilfortrigs, Skelsmergh, Westmorland, England

hanged on 19 April 1602 at Tyburn, London, England

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

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Additional Information

Catholic Encyclopedia
Menology of England and Wales
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Cathopedia
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

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