Ralph Corbie

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Ralph Corbie SJ (born March 25, 1598 in Maynooth , Ireland , † September 7, 1644 in Tyburn ), also Ralph Corbington or Ralph Corby , was an Irish Jesuit .

Corbie entered the Jesuit Order in 1631 . In 1632 he volunteered in the English mission, in which he worked twelve years before he was imprisoned in Newgate Prison with John Duckett . He died a martyr on September 7, 1644 at the place of execution at Tyburn . In 1929 he was beatified .

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  1. Entry at heiligenlexikon.de . Website of the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. Retrieved September 7, 2011.