ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 10th of September
SAINT AMBROSE EDWARD BARLOW, PRIEST AND MARTYR
[Saint] Ambrose Edward Barlow is a priest and martyr, born at Barlow Hall, 1585; he died September 10, 1641.
THE BAPTISMAL REGISTER STILL EXISTS
He was the fourth son of Sir Alexander Barlow, Knight of Barlow Hall, near Manchester, by Mary, daughter of Sir Uryan Brereton, Knight of Handforth Hall, and was baptised at Didsbury Church on November 30, 1585; the entry in the register may still be seen.
HE WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1617
Educated at the Benedictine monastery of St Gregory, Douai, he entered the English College, Valladolid, September 20, 1610, but returned to Douai where his elder brother William Rudesind was a professed monk. He was himself professed in 1616 and ordained in 1617.
Sent to England, he laboured in South Lancashire with apostolic zeal and fervour.
HE WAS APPREHENDED AT WARDLEY HALL
He was apprehended at Wardley Hall, near Manchester, on Easter Sunday, April 25, 1641. He was preaching at the time and could have escaped in the confusion, but yielded himself up to his enemies, and was carried off to Lancaster Castle.
Here after four months’ imprisonment he was tried, on September 6 or 7, and sentenced next day, having confessed that he was a priest. On Friday, September 10, he suffered the usual penalties at Lancaster.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
➡️ Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales
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