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BL. NICHOLAS WOODFEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 21 JANUARY

 

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BLESSED NICHOLAS WOODFEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR

London Oratory,
The Martyrs of Tyburn Tree (detail) 

Fr Nicholas Woodfen (alias Nicholas Wheeler) was a priest and martyr. He studied at Douai and Rheims, where he was ordained (1581). Thereafter he immediately began his ministry in London, especially among the barristers of the Inns of Court. Caught by pursuivants and convicted for his priesthood, he had been arraigned as Nicholas Devereux and was hanged, drawn, and quartered January 27, 1586 [January 21] at Tyburn (London).
Fr Nicholas was beatified by Pope John Paul II
on November 22, 1987, as part of the martyr group George Haydock and Companions.

Sources: Bishop Richard Challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Volume 1
 https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/woodfen-nicholas-bl

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

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