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Illustration Of Blessed George Napper Artist Unknown From The Book Memoirs Of Missionary Priests By Archbishop Richard Challoner
Illustration Of Blessed George Napper Artist Unknown From The Book Memoirs Of Missionary Priests By Archbishop Richard Challoner

Blessed George Napper

Also known as: George Napier

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

9 November; 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai; 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Born

1550 at Holywell Manor, Oxford, England

Died

Hanged, drawn, and quartered between 1 and 2 in the afternoon of 9 November 1610 at Oxford, England; body parts hung on the city gates as warnings to other Catholics; some parts recovered and given burial at Sanford manor

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed George Napper, also known as George Napier, was born in 1550 at Holywell Manor, Oxford, England. He was the son of George and Anne Napper, and his father was a teacher at All Souls College. Blessed George was a great-nephew of William Cardinal Peto, a prominent figure in the Catholic Church.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1929-12-15 by 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Feast Days

November 9October 29December 1
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