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Blessed William Hart

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Post-Congregation

Feast Day

15 March; 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai; 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Born

1558 at Wells, England

Died

Martyred on 15 March 1583 at York, North Yorkshire, England

Beatified

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed William Hart, also known as Blessed William Hartley, was born in 1558 in Wells, England. He was raised in a Protestant family and received his education at Lincoln College, Oxford. However, his spiritual journey led him to convert to Catholicism.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1886-12-29 by 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Feast Days

March 15October 29December 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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