Sunday, March 15, 2015

Husband, Priest, Martyr in England

Bl. John Amias

 

Facts

Feastday: March 16
Death: 1589

Also called John Anne, a martyr in England. He was born and married near Wakefield where he became a cloth dealer. When his wife died, he went to Reims and was ordained a Priest in 1581. Returning to England, he worked until his arrest by English authorities. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, he was beatified in 1929.

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