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Blessed Nicholas Woodfen

Also known as

Nicholas Wheeler
Nicolas…

21 January
22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Studied in Rheims, France. Priest. Returned to London, England to minister to covert Catholics at the Inns of Court, all the while living in Fleet Street under the name Woodfen and dressing like a lawyer. He was eventually imprisoned, tortured and executed for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

c.1550 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England

hanged, drawn, and quartered on 21 January 1586 at Tyburn, London, England

10 November 1986 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

105 Martyrs of Tyburn
Mementoes of the English Martyrs and Confessors, by Father Henry Sebastian Bowden

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

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

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

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

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