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'''John Finglow''' or '''Fingley''' (b. at [[Barnby]], near [[Howden]], [[Yorkshire]]; executed at [[York]], [[8 August]][[1586]]) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1987. |
'''John Finglow''' or '''Fingley''' (b. at [[Barnby]], near [[Howden]], [[Yorkshire]]; executed at [[York]], [[8 August]] [[1586]]) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1987. |
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John Finglow or Fingley (b. at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire; executed at York, 8 August 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.
Life
John Finglow was matriculated sizar from Caius College, Cambridge in December 1573.[1] He was ordained priest at the English College, Reims, 25 March, 1581. The following month he was sent on the English mission.
After he had been for some time in the north of England, he was seized and confined in Ousebridge Kidcote, York. He was finally tried for being a Catholic priest and reconciling English subjects to the Catholic Church, and was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
References
- ^ "Fingley, John, alias Finglow, John (FNGY573J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Thompson Cooper, ‘Finglow, John (d. 1586/7)’, rev. Sarah Elizabeth Wall, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 7 Sept 2008
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)
