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  • 101Ven. James Duckett —     Ven. James Duckett     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. James Duckett     Martyr, b. at Gilfortrigs in the parish of Skelsmergh in Westmoreland, England, date uncertain, of an ancient family of that county; d. 9 April, 1601. He was a bookseller …

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  • 102Ven. John Almond —     Ven. John Almond     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Almond     English priest and martyr, born about 1577; died at Tyburn, 5 December, 1612. He passed his childhood at Allerton near Liverpool, where he was born, and at Much Woolton. His… …

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  • 103Ven. John Amias —     Ven. John Amias     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Amias     An English Martyr; b. at Wakefield; d. at York, 16 March, 1589. He exercised the trade of a cloth merchant in Wakefield until the death of his wife, when he divided his… …

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  • 104Ven. John Britton —     Ven. John Britton     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Britton     (Or Bretton).     A layman and martyr, of all ancient family of Bretton near Barnsley in Yorkshire. An ardent Catholic, he was often separated from his wife and family,… …

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  • 105Ven. John Finglow —     Ven. John Finglow     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Finglow     An English martyr; b. at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire; executed at York, 8 August, 1586. He was ordained priest at the English College, Reims, 25 March, 1581, whence the… …

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  • 106Ven. John Goodman —     Ven. John Goodman     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Goodman     Priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642. He was educated at Oxford, and ordained a Protestant (Protestantism) minister, but abandoning… …

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  • 107Ven. John Hambley —     Ven. John Hambley     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Hambley     English martyr (suffered 1587), born and educated in Cornwall, and converted by reading one of Father Persons books in 1582. After his course at Reims (1583 1585), he… …

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  • 108Ven. John Martin Moye —     Ven. John Martin Moye     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Martin Moye     Priest of the Diocese of Metz, founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence (q. v.), missionary in China, b. at Cutting, Lorraine, 27 January, 1730; d. at Trier, 4… …

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  • 109Ven. John Ogilvie —     Ven. John Ogilvie     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Ogilvie     Eldest son of Walter Ogilvie, of Drum, near Keith, Scotland, b. 1580; d. 10 March, 1615. Educated as a Calvinist, he was received into the Church at Louvain by Father… …

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  • 110Ven. John Sandys —     Ven. John Sandys     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Sandys     English martyr, born in the Diocese of Chester; executed at Gloucester, 11 August, 1586. He arrived at Reims 4 June, 1583, was ordained priest in the Holy Cross Chapel of… …

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