Blessed John Mason
- 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
- hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England
- 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed John Mason“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 November 2009. Web. 24 May 2017. <>