Blessed Robert Drury
Also known as: Robert Drewrie
Feast Day
26 February; 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales; 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
Born
C.1567 at Buckinghamshire, England
Died
Hanged, drawn, and quartered on 26 February 1607 at Tyburn, London England
Beatified
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Venerated
10 November 1986 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Robert Drury, also known as Robert Drewrie, was born around 1567 in Buckinghamshire, England. He pursued his studies at the English College in Rheims, France, in 1588, and later at the English College in Valladolid, Spain, in 1590. It was during his time in Valladolid that he was ordained as a priest in 1593.
Cause for Canonization
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Books & Resources
A Calendar of the English Martyrs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, https://archive.org/details/a589842900lawtuoft/
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612787169
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