BL. RALPH CROCKETT, PRIEST AND MARTYR

BL. RALPH CROCKETT, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 1 OCTOBER

BLESSED RALPH CROCKETT, PRIEST AND MARTYR

[Blessed Ralph Crockett was a] priest and martyr; born at Barton-on-the-Hill, near Farndon, Cheshire, England; he suffered martyrdom by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Broyle Heath, Chichester, October 1, 1588.

Having completed his education at Cambridge, Crockett was a schoolmaster in East Anglia until he discerned a call to the priesthood. He studied and was ordained at Reims (1585). En route to his assignment in the English mission, he was captured on board ship at Littlehampton, Sussex, April 19, 1586, together with Frs. Thomas Bramston, George Potter, and Fr Edward James. The following week they were transferred to a London prison.

On September 30, 1588, he was tried and condemned under 27 Eliz. c. 2 at Chichester with Frs. Edward James, John Oven, and Francis Edwardes. Oven took the Oath of Supremacy after the trial and Edwardes recanted at the gallows. Both were reprieved. James and Crockett absolved one another before execution. Blessed Ralph Crockett was beatified by Pius XI on December 15, 1929.

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

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

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