Oaten Hill Martyrs
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The Oaten Hill Martyrs were Catholic Martyr
s who were executed at Oaten Hill, Canterbury
, on 1 October 1588. These four were beatified by Pope Pius XI
in 1929.
They were hanged, drawn and quartered
.
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s who were executed at Oaten Hill, Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, on 1 October 1588. These four were beatified by Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...
in 1929.
- Robert WilcoxRobert Wilcox (martyr)Blessed Robert Wilcox was a Catholic martyr in Elizabethan England. He was born in Chester, England in 1558 and entered the seminary at Rheims when he was twenty-five years old...
- Edward CampionEdward CampionEdward Campion was the pseudonym of Father Gerard Edwards. Campion was one of the Oaten Hill Martyrs executed on 1 October 1588 and beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.-References:*http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3050...
(Father Gerard Edwards) - Robert WidmerpoolRobert WidmerpoolBlessed Robert Widmerpool, an English martyr, was arrested for giving aid to a Catholic priest. Widmerpool and his companion, Robert Wilcox were hanged, drawn and quartered. They share the feast day of 1 October....
- Christopher BuxtonChristopher BuxtonChristopher Buxton was an English Catholic priest and martyr.He was a scholar of Nicholas Garlick at the Grammar School, Tideswell, in the Peak District, studied for the priesthood at Reims and Rome, and was ordained in 1586...
They were hanged, drawn and quartered
Hanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III and his successor, Edward I...
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