BL. ROBERT WIDMERPOOL, MARTYR - 1 OCTOBER

 

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BLESSED ROBERT WIDMERPOOL, MARTYR

[Blessed Robert Widmerpool was an English] lay martyr; born at Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire, England; hanged at Canterbury, October 1, 1588. After completing his education at Gloucester Hall, Oxford, Widmerpool was tutor to the sons of Henry, ninth Earl of Northumberland, then a schoolmaster. 

He was arrested for helping an illegal priest find refuge in the home of the countess of Northumberland, imprisoned at the Marshalsea, and condemned to die with the priests (Blesseds) Robert Wilcox, Edward Campion, and Christopher Buxton. After the executioner put the rope of the gallows around his neck, Widmerpool thanked God for the glory of martyrdom in Canterbury for the cause for which St Thomas died. He was beatified by Pius XI on December 15, 1929.

Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/widmerpool-robert-bl

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

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