ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 1st of October
BLESSED ROBERT WILCOX, PRIEST AND MARTYR
[Blessed Robert Wilcox was an] English martyr, born at Chester, 1558; suffered at Canterbury, October 1, 1588. He arrived at Reims, August 12, 1583, and received the tonsure and minor orders, September 23 following. He was ordained sub-deacon, March 16, deacon, early April, and priest, April 20, 1585, receiving all these orders at Reims. Sent on the mission, January 7, 1586, he was imprisoned in the Marshalsea that same year. With him suffered two other priests, Christopher Buxton and Edward Campion, and a layman, Robert Widmerpool. All were condemned under 27 Elizabeth cap. 2.
[He was beatified by Pius XI on Dec. 15, 1929. Robert Wilcox, Edward Campion, Christopher Buxton and Robert Widmerpool are also known as the Oaten Hill Martyrs.]
Source: John Bannerman Wainewright, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
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