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Blessed Thomas Hemeford

Also known as: Thomas Hemerford

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

12 February; 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Born

Stoke, Dorset, England

Died

Hanged, drawn and quartered on 12 February 1584 in Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed Thomas Hemeford, also known as Thomas Hemerford, was a devout Catholic priest and martyr who dedicated his life to ministering to covert Catholics during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I in England.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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

Feast Days

February 12 December 1

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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