John Adams (Catholic martyr)
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Blessed John Adams | |
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| Born | ca. 1543 Roman Catholic Church (England) |
| Beatified | 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
John Adams (ca. 1543 – 8 October 1586) was an English Catholic
priest and martyr
.
Life
He was born at
ordained a priest at Soissons on 17 December 1580. He set out for the mission in England on 29 March 1581,[2] but returned to Rheims and again set out for England on 18 June 1583.[3]
He is known to have worked in Hampshire but details of his later, as of his earlier life, are patchy. It may be that he was taken prisoner at Rye only a short time after landing in England and that he escaped. In 1583 he was described as a man of "about forty years of age, of average height, with a dark beard, a sprightly look and black eyes. He was a very good controversialist, straightforward, very pious, and pre-eminently a man of hard work. He laboured very strenuously at Winchester and in Hampshire, where he helped many, especially of the poorer classes."[2]
Captured at
Tyburn, London on 8 October 1586. His fate was shared by two fellow priests, John Lowe and Robert Dibdale,[2]
and possibly his own brother, a layman. This latter fact is not certain and the forename is not in any case known.
All three priests were beatified (the last stage prior to
canonisation) by Pope John Paul II
on 22 November 1987.
See also
References
- ^ Stanton, Richard, A Menology of England and Wales, p.480, Burns & Oates, Ltd., London, 1892
- ^ a b c Ryan, Patrick W.F. "Ven. John Adams." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 13 Mar. 2013
- ^ a b Wainewright, John Bannerman. "Venerable John Adams", Lives of the English Martyrs, (Edwin H. Burton and J. H. Pollen eds.), London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1914
Sources
- Godfrey Anstruther, Seminary Priests, St Edmund's College, Ware, vol. 1, 1968, pp. 1–2.
