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{{Short description|English Roman Catholic priest and martyr}} |
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'''Mathew Flathers''' (Matthew; alias Major) (c. 1580 – 21 March 1607) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1987. |
'''Mathew Flathers''' (Matthew; alias Major) (c. 1580 – 21 March 1607) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1987. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Revision as of 07:32, 24 July 2023
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Blessed Matthew Flathers | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1580 Weston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 21 March 1607 Micklegate Bar, York |
| Beatified | 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 21 March, 22 November (with the Douai Martyrs) |
Mathew Flathers (Matthew; alias Major) (c. 1580 – 21 March 1607) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.
Life
Born at Weston, West Riding of Yorkshire, Flathers was educated at Douai and ordained at Arras on 25 March 1606. Three months later he was sent to the English mission, but was discovered almost immediately by the agents of the Government; after the Gunpowder Plot, the English state was particularly active in hunting down Catholic priests.
He was brought to trial, under the statute of 27 Elizabeth, on the charge of receiving orders abroad, and condemned to death. By an act of clemency, this sentence was commuted to banishment for life; but after a brief exile, Flathers returned to England and his mission. After ministering for a short time to Catholics in Yorkshire, he was again apprehended.
Brought to trial at York on the charge of being ordained abroad and exercising priestly functions in England, Flathers was offered his life on condition that he take the recently enacted Oath of Allegiance. On his refusal, he was condemned to death and taken to the common place of execution outside Micklegate Bar, York, where he was hanged, drawn, and quartered.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. Mathew Flathers". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- 1580 births
- 1607 deaths
- English beatified people
- People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering
- 17th-century venerated Christians
- 17th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests
- 17th-century English Roman Catholic priests
- People from the Borough of Harrogate
- Executed people from North Yorkshire
- Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales