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Blessed John Mason

Memorial

  • 10 December
  • 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Layman. Servant to a Mr Owen of Oxfordshire. Arrested for harbouring priests in general, and Saint Edmund Gennings in particular, physically restraining the men who were going to arrest Gennings during Mass. Martyr.

Born

  • at Kendal, Westmoreland, England

Died

  • hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England

Venerated

  • 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

  • 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Additional Information

  • Catholic Encyclopedia
  • books

    • Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
    • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
  • other sites in english

    • Catholic Online
    • Hagiography Circle
  • fonti in italiano

    • Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
    • Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

  • “Blessed John Mason“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 November 2009. Web. 20 April 2018. <>

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