Blessed William Hartley
- 5 October
- 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
- 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
Profile
Raised a Protestant, he studied at Oxford University and became an Anglican minister. Convert to Catholicism. Studied in Rheims, France. Ordained in 1580. Returned to England to work with Saint Edmund Campion, ministering to covert Catholics. Arrested in 1582 for being a priest, he was deported. He soon returned to England to resume his minastery, was captured at Holborn, and executed. Martyr.
Born
- Wilne, Derbyshire, England
- 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed William Hartley“. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 March 2022. Web. 25 April 2024. <>