Blessed John Thorne
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
15-Nov
Died
Dragged through the streets by horses then hanged, drawn, and quartered on 15 November 1539 at Tor Hill, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
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.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1895-05-13 by 13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII
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