Blessed John Mason
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
10 December; 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
Born
At Kendal, Westmoreland, England
Died
Hanged, drawn, and quartered on 10 December 1591 at Tyburn, London, England
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Venerated
8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed John Mason, also known as Blessed John Maskell, was a devout layman from Kendal, Westmoreland, England, born in an era when Catholics faced severe persecution under the English government. Little is known about his early life, but by his adulthood, he found himself in the service of a Mr. Owen in Oxfordshire.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1929-12-15 by 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
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