William Lampley (martyr)

William Lampley (died 1588) was a sixteenth-century English recusant. Originally a glover by trade[1] he became a lay priest.[2] He was described as being 'little of education, yet with an almost apostolic zeal in religion.' Apparently betrayed by one whom he had recently aided, he was convicted of assisting priests.[3] He was executed in Gloucester[4] on 1 August 1588.[5]

He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Holböck (2000). New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church. Ignatius Press. pp. 268–. ISBN 978-0-89870-871-4.
  2. ↑ Memoirs of Missionary Priests. Thomas Richardson & son. 1843. pp. 20–.
  3. ↑ "Lives of the English martyrs". Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Richard Challoner (1836). Modern British Martyrology: Commencing with the Reformation, A.D. 1535, 26th Henry VIII. to A.D. 1684, 24th Charles II. Keating, Brown. pp. 151–.
  5. ↑ Basil Watkins (19 November 2015). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 196–. ISBN 978-0-567-66456-3.
  6. ↑ Matthew Bunson; Margaret Bunson; Pope John Paul II; Stephen Bunson (1999). John Paul II's Book of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. pp. 287–. ISBN 978-0-87973-934-8.
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