ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 1st of October
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
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