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  • 111Ven. John Thulis —     Ven. John Thulis     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Thulis     English martyr, born at Up Holland, Lancashire, probably about 1568; suffered at Lancaster, 18 March, 1615 or 1616. He arrived at the English College, Reims, 25 May, 1583,… …

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  • 112Ven. John Woodcock —     Ven. John Woodcock     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. John Woodcock     English Franciscan martyr, b. at Leyland, Lancashire, 1603; suffered at Lancaster, 7 August, 1646. His parents, Thomas and Dorothy Woodcock, the latter a Catholic, were… …

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  • 113Ven. Louis of Casoria —     Ven. Louis of Casoria     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Louis of Casoria     Friar Minor and founder of the Frati Bigi; b. at Casoria, near Naples, 11 March, 1814; d. at Pausilippo, 30 March, 1885. His name in the world was Archangelo… …

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  • 114Ven. Louis of Granada —     Ven. Louis of Granada     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Louis of Granada     Theologian, writer, and preacher; b. of very humble parentage at Granada, Spain, 1505; d. at Lisbon, 31 December, 1588. At the age of nineteen he was received into… …

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  • 115Ven. Madeleine-Sophie Barat —     Ven. Madeleine Sophie Barat     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Madeleine Sophie Barat     Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, born at Joigny, Burgundy, 12 December, 1779; died in Paris, 24 May, 1865. She was the youngest child of… …

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  • 116Ven. Marina de Escobar —     Ven. Marina de Escobar     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Marina de Escobar     Mystic and foundress of a modified branch of the Brigittine Order b. at Valladolid, Spain, 8 Feb., 1554; d. there 9 June, 1633. Her father, Iago de Escobar, was… …

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  • 117Ven. Mathew Flathers —     Ven. Mathew Flathers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Mathew Flathers     (Alias Major).     An English priest and martyr; b. probably c. 1580 at Weston, Yorkshire, England; d. at York, 21 March, 1607. He was educated at Douai, and ordained …

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  • 118Ven. Miles Gerard —     Ven. Miles Gerard     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Miles Gerard     Martyr; born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. Sprung perhaps from the Gerards of Ince, he was, about 1576, tutor to the children of Squire… …

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  • 119Ven. Nicholas Garlick —     Ven. Nicholas Garlick     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Nicholas Garlick     Priest and martyr, born at Dinting, Derbyshire, c. 1555; died at Derby, 24 July, 1588. He studied at Gloucester Hall, now Worcester College, Oxford, matriculating… …

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  • 120Ven. Nicholas Postgate —     Ven. Nicholas Postgate     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Nicholas Postgate     English martyr, b. at Kirkdale House, Egton, Yorkshire, in 1596 or 1597; d. at York, 7 August, 1679. He entered Douay College, 11 July, 1621, took the college… …

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