ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 7th of April
SAINT HENRY WALPOLE, PRIEST AND MARTYR
[Saint Henry Walpole was an] English Jesuit martyr, born at Docking, Norfolk, 1558; he was martyred at York, April 7, 1595.
He was the eldest son of Christopher Walpole, by Margery, heiress of Richard Beckham of Narford, and was educated at Norwich School, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Gray’s Inn.
A CONVERT
Converted by the death of [Saint] Edmund Campion, he went by way of Rouen and Paris, to Reims, where he arrived on July 7, 1582. On April 28, 1583, he was admitted into the English College, Rome, and in October received minor orders. On February 2, 1584, he became a probationer of the Society, and soon after went to France, where he continued his studies, chiefly at Pont-à-Mousson. He was ordained sub-deacon and deacon at Metz, and priest at Paris, December 17, 1588.
HE WAS AT LAST SENT ON THE MISSION
After acting as chaplain to the Spanish forces in the Netherlands, suffering imprisonment by the English at Flushing in 1589, and being moved about to Brussels, Tournai, Bruges, and Spain, he was at last sent on the mission in 1590.
HIS TRIAL AND MARTYR'S CROWN
He was arrested landing at Flamborough, and imprisoned at York. The following February he was sent to the Tower, where he was frequently and severely racked. He remained there until, in the spring of 1595, he was sent back to York for trial. With him suffered Alexander Rawlins.
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913. The "Venerable" in the original article has been changed to "Saint" afterwards. St Henry was beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929 and canonised by Pope Paul IV in 1970.
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