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Venerable

Ignatius Spencer

1799–1864

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Ignatius of St Paul, C.P. was an English Catholic priest and nobleman as a son of the 2nd Earl Spencer. He converted from Anglicanism to the Catholicism and entered the Passionists in 1847, spending the rest of his life working for the conversion of England to the Catholic faith. Now a candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 20 February 2021.

From Wikipedia, “Ignatius Spencer”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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1799Born in London
1864Died
2021Declared Venerable by Pope Francis

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Born

21 December 1799

London

Died

1 October 1864

Venerable

20 February 2021

Decree of Pope Francis

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Passionists

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