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BL. WILLIAM HARTLEY, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 5 OCTOBER

 

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Saints celebrated on the 5th of October

BLESSED WILLIAM HARTLEY, PRIEST AND MARTYR 


⬅️ Martyrs of England and Wales

A Martyr; he was born at Wyn, in Derbyshire, England, of a yeoman family about 1557; died October 5, 1588. 

[Raised a Protestant,] he matriculated at St John's, Oxford, where he became a chaplain. Being ejected by the vice-chancellor, Tobie Mathew, in 1579, he went to Reims in August, was ordained at Chalons, and returned to England in June, 1580. 

He was of great service to Fathers Persons and Campion in printing and distributing their books, but was eventually arrested, August 13,1581, and sent to Marshalsea Prison, London. 

Here he was detected saying Mass in a cell before Lord Vaux, and for this he was laid in irons (December 5, 1583). He was indicted for high treason, February 7, 1584, but for some unknown reason, not tried. In January, 1585, he was sent into exile. 

He then spent some little time at Reims, recovering his health, and made a pilgrimage to Rome (April 15, 1586), before returning to his perilous mission. 

In September, 1588, he was arrested in Holborn, London, and, as his friend Father Warford said, "being beset by the deceits of the heretics, incurred the suspicion of having apostatised. But the event showed how unjust the suspicion was; when he suffered at Tyburn he won the greatest credit for constancy. He was a man of the meekest disposition and naturally virtuous, modest, and grave, with a sober and peaceful look. His beard was blackish and his height moderate". 

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 - 📷 The execution site in London

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr William 
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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