Blessed John Carey
Also known as
- Terence Carey
Profile
Layman. Servant of Blessed Thomas Bosgrave. Arrested during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for the treason of assisting a priest, Blessed John Cornelius. Offered his freedom if he would denouce Catholicism; he declined. Martyr.
Born
- hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 July 1594 at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England
- on the scaffold he kissed the noose and called it a “precious collar”
- 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed John Carey“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 May 2020. Web. 29 May 2020. <>