Cuthbert Mayne

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St. Cuthbert Mayne

Cuthbert Mayne (* 1543 / 1544 in Youlston, North Devon , † the thirtieth November 1577 in Launceston ) was an English priest and martyr .

Mayne enjoyed a Protestant youth. Around 1562 he began studying theology at St. Alban's Hall and later at St. John's College . 1566 Mayne received his Bachelor and four years later the Master of Arts . During this time he was in close contact with the Catholic scholars Gregory Martin and Edmund Campion . During these years Mayne approached the Catholic Church .

After the pressure on Catholic clergy increased from 1570 and they were forced to leave England, the desire to change to the Catholic faith grew in Mayne. In 1573 he went to the college in Douai founded by William Allen . Mayne was ordained a priest on February 7, 1575.

In 1576, Cuthbert Mayne left the college and went on a mission to England with John Payne . He went to Cornwall and placed himself in the service of Francis Tregian . On June 8, 1577, Mayne was arrested at the Tregian's house and taken to Launceston . There he was charged with smuggling an Agnus Dei and a papal bull into the country. These claims could not be proven, however, Mayne was sentenced to death under political pressure. On November 30, 1577 the judgment was carried out. Mayne was hanged before death occurred, he was taken from the gallows and quartered. All internal organs were burned. The four parts of his body were impaled on poles and displayed as a deterrent in the towns of Wadebridge , Tregony , Barnstaple and Bodmin .

1886 Cuthbert Mayne was from Leo XIII. beatified . In 1970 he was canonized along with the other 39 martyrs of England and Wales by Paul VI.

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SURNAME Mayne, Cuthbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English priest and martyr
DATE OF BIRTH 1543 or 1544
PLACE OF BIRTH Youlston
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1577
Place of death Launceston