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BL. ROBERT DIBDALE, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 8 OCTOBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 8th of October WELCOME! BLESSED ROBERT DIBDALE, PRIEST AND MARTYR London Oratory, The Martyrs of Tyburn Tree (detail)  Richard , or, as he is called in most catalogues, Robert Dibdale , was born in Worcestershire, was an alumnus and priest of the English College, then residing at Rheims, and from thence, anno 1584, was sent to labour in the English vineyard, which he diligently cultivated for some years, till, falling into the hands of the persecutors, he was tried and condemned to die for his priestly character and functions. And, in consequence of this sentence, was, together with  Mr Lowe and Mr Adams , drawn to Tyburn, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered, October 8, 1586. Of him thus writes Mr Davis, an ancient missioner, in a manuscript relation sent over to Douay, anno 1626: "Mr Richard Dibdale, priest, was executed with Mr John Lowe. I met him once at Sir George Peckham's, of Denham, besides U...