WILLIAM PATENSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR

WILLIAM PATENSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 22 JANUARY

VENERABLE WILLIAM PATENSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR

⬅️ Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

William Patenson was an English martyr, he was born in Yorkshire or Durham and died at Tyburn, January 22, 1592.

He was admitted to the English College, Reims, May 1, 1584, he was ordained priest September, 1587, and left for the English mission January 17, 1588.

HE LEFT FOR THE ENGLISH MISSION

On the third Sunday of Advent, 1591, he said Mass in the house of Mr Lawrence Mompesson at Clerkenwell, and while dining with another priest, James Young; the priest-catchers surprised them.

HE WAS ARRESTED HIM AT CLERKENWELL

Young found a hiding-place, but Patenson was arrested and condemned at the Old Bailey after Christmas.

HE CONVERTED SEVERAL PEOPLE

According to Young, while in prison he converted and reconciled three or four thieves before their death. According to Richard Verstegan, he converted, the night before his martyrdom, six out of seven felons, who occupied the condemned cell with him.

HIS MARTYR'S DEATH

[Venerable William Patenson was killed by the English Government for being a Catholic Priest. He was hung, drawn and quartered.] On this account he was cut down while still conscious.

(From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 - 🎨 Three of the English Carthusian Martyrs]

➡️ 85 Martyrs of England and Wales

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