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BL. JOHN WOODCOCK, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 7 AUGUST

 

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BLESSED JOHN WOODCOCK, PRIEST AND MARTYR

Blessed John Woodcock was an English Franciscan martyr. He was born at Leyland, Lancashire, in 1603; he suffered at Lancaster, August 7, 1646. 

His parents, Thomas and Dorothy Woodcock, the latter a Catholic, were of the middle class. He was converted about 1622, and after studying at Saint-Omer for a year was admitted to the English College, Rome, October 20, 1629. On May 16, 1630, he joined the Capuchins in Paris, but soon afterwards transferred himself to the English Franciscans at Douai. 

HE RECEIVED THE FRANCISCAN HABIT

He received the habit from the Venerable Henry Heath in 1631 and was professed by the Venerable Arthur Bell a year later. For some years he lived at Arras as chaplain to Mr Sheldon. 

HE WAS ARRESTED ON THE FIRST NIGHT HE SPENT IN LANCASHIRE

Late in 1643 he landed at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and was arrested on the first night he spent in Lancashire. After two years’ imprisonment in Lancaster Castle, he was condemned, on his own confession, for being a priest, together with Edward Bamber and Thomas Whitaker, August 6, 1646. 

HE WAS HUNG TWICE

When he was flung off the ladder the rope broke. Having been hanged a second time, he was cut down and disembowelled alive. The Franciscan nuns at Taunton possess an arm-bone of the martyr. 

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

Blessed Fr Woodcock, pray for us.

➡️ 85 Martyrs of England and Wales

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr John confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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