Friday, October 28, 2016

When England's sport was killing Catholics

Martyrs of Douai



Facts

Feastday: October 29
Beatified By: 1929



A group of 160 priests trained at the English College of Douai, in France. They were martyred in England and Wales during the century following the foundation of the famed college by Cardinal William Allen in 1568. All perished at the hands of English authorities while laboring to reconvert the island. Eighty alumni of Douai were beatified in 1929.

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