ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 18th of March
BLESSED ROGER WRENNO, MARTYR
Roger Wrenno was an English lay martyr. Born c. 1576 at Chorley, Lancashire, he was hanged on March 18, 1616 at Lancaster under James I. A devout layman, Wrenno was imprisoned with other Catholics in Lancaster Castle but escaped with Fr John Thulis one evening before the Lenten assizes. They were recaptured the following day. Wrenno refused to exchange the oath of supremacy for his life and was hanged just after Fr Thules. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987 with George Haydock and companions.
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