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BLESSED JOHN FINGLOW, PRIEST AND MARTYR
John Finglow, or Fingley, was born at Barneby, near Houden, in Yorkshire; had his education in the English College, then residing at Rheims; where he was ordained priest, March 25, being Easter Eve, 1581; and was sent upon the English mission the 24th of April following.
After many labours in gaining souls to Christ in the northern parts of the kingdom, he was apprehended and committed to York gaol; and being brought upon his trial, was condemned of high treason, for being a priest made by Roman authority, and for having reconciled some of the queen's subjects to the church of Rome. He was hanged, bowelled and quartered at York, August 8, 1586 (some say 1587). Не suffered, states Molanus, in his catalogue, p. 14, with that generous courage which seems to have been natural to the seminarists from the very beginning, and with an ardent zeal for the confirmation of religion. Ingenita seminaristis jam inde ab initio generositate, et ardore in religione confirmanda.
From the Diary, Catalogues, and Manuscript History above quoted.
Source: Bishop Richard Challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Volume 1
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