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Blessed John Thorne

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

November 15

Died

November 1, 15

Beatified

13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII

Biography

Blessed John Thorne, also known as Blessed John Thorn or John Thorne of Glastonbury, was a Benedictine monk at the renowned Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, England. He served as the abbey treasurer during a tumultuous period in history when King Henry VIII issued the dissolution of monasteries in the mid-16th century.

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