Edward Waterson
Edward Waterson († January 7, 1594 in Newcastle upon Tyne ) was an English Catholic priest and martyr . He served the hidden Catholics in England under the rule of Elizabeth I before he was arrested and executed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1593. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1929 . His feast day is January 8th .
Life
Waterson was born in London and grew up an Anglican . In his youth he traveled to Turkey with English merchants. On his return in 1588 he stayed in Rome and converted to the Catholic Church with the help of Richard Smith . His stay in Rome from November 29th to December 11th 1588 is documented in the Pilgrim Book of the English College . Then Waterson came to Reims on January 24, 1589 . He received on 18 August 1590 tonsure and the minor orders , on September 21, 1591 the subdiaconate , on 24 February 1592 and the diaconate on 11 March 1592 ordination .
In the summer of 1592 he returned to England, where Catholics were severely restricted. Waterson served the hidden Catholic communities. Young priest Joseph Lambton , who was on the same ship, was arrested on landing, but Waterson fled. However, Waterson was arrested by the authorities in the summer of 1593, while Lambton was executed on July 31, 1592. The governor showed Waterson the quartered remains of Lambton to intimidate him, but Waterson perceived them as sacred relics . Waterson was detained until shortly after Christmas and hanged, gutted, and quartered as a traitor on January 7, 1594 . When he was tied to the stand on which he was to be dragged to the place of execution, the horse did not move, so Waterson was led upright. While in Newgate, he tried to escape by setting fire to his cell door.
See also
literature
- Edwin Hubert Burton: Ven. Edward Waterson . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
- Basil Watkins: The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary . 8th edition. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, ISBN 0-567-66415-5 (English, google.fr [accessed January 8, 2020]).
- Richard Challoner : Memoirs of missionary priests, as well secular as regular, and of other Catholics of both sexes, that have suffered death in England on religious accounts, from the year of our Lord 1577 to 1684 . London 1742, OCLC 6346793 (English).
- John Hungerford Pollen : Unpublished documents relating to the English martyrs. Vol. I, 1584-1603 (= Catholic Record Society Series, Vol. V. ). Catholic Record Society , London 1908, OCLC 14013058 (English).
- Thomas Francis Knox : The first and second diaries of the English College, Douay: and an appendix of the unpublished documents . David Nutt, London 1878, OCLC 1749433 (English).
- Holtby : Account of Three Martyrs . In: John Morris (ed.): Troubles of our Catholic Forefathers . tape III . Burns & Oates , London 1877, OCLC 61914439 (English).
- Christian Daw: The Forty four: The martyrs of the Venerable English College Rome . Saint Michael's Abbey Press , Farnborough (Hampshire) 2000, ISBN 0-907077-02-1 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Basil Watkins, The Book of Saints
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia
- ↑ Richard Stanton: A Menology of England and Wales. In: CatholicSaints.Info. April 15, 2015, accessed January 7, 2020 .
- ^ Records of Newgate Prison. St Matthew's Guild History of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, archived from the original on August 15, 2007 ; accessed on August 15, 2007 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waterson, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1594 |
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne |