ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 13th of April
BLESSED JOHN LOCKWOOD, PRIEST AND MARTYR
[Blessed] John Lockwood, priest and martyr, was born about 1555. He was the eldest son of Christopher Lockwood, of Sowerby, Yorkshire, by Clare, eldest daughter of Christopher Lascelles, of Sowerby and Brackenborough Castle, Yorkshire. With the second son, Francis, he arrived at Reims on November 4, 1579, and was at once sent to Douai to study philosophy.
Francis was ordained in 1587, but John entered the English College, Rome, on October 4, 1595, was ordained priest on January 26, 1597, and sent on the mission, April 20, 1598. After suffering imprisonment he was banished in 1610, but returned, and was again taken and condemned to death, but reprieved.
He was finally captured at Wood End, Gatenby, the residence of Bridget Gatenby, and executed at York, April 13, 1642. He suffered alongside Edmund Catherick.
Fr John Lockwood was beatified on December 15, 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
Source: John B. Wainewright, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Blessed John may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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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