Robert Widmerpool
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Blessed
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.
Beatification
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
Robert Widmerpool, an English martyr
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
, was arrested for giving aid to a Catholic priest. Widmerpool and his companion, Robert Wilcox
Robert 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...
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...
. They share the feast day of 1 October.