William Southerne
Blessed William Southerne | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
| Beatified | 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 30 April, 22 November, 29 October |
William Southerne (executed at
beatified
in 1987.
Life
An alumnus and priest of the
English College at Douai and the Royal English College, Valladolid, he was born at Ketton, near Darlington, County Durham, and ministered in Northumberland. He was sentenced to death for being a Catholic priest and refusing to take the oath of allegiance and was stripped, hung, drawn and quartered
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Some later accounts, such as Challoner's Missionary Priests (1741-2), give the place of execution as Newcastle-under-Lyme but they appear to confuse Blessed William Southerne with another priest of a similar name who ministered at Baswich, near Stafford, which then belonged to a branch of the Fowler family.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. William Southerne". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
