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Blessed John Pibush

18 February
29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Son of Thomas and Jane Pibush. Educated at Rheims, France beginning 4 August 1580. Deacon in 1586. Ordained on 14 March 1587. Returned to England as missioner on 14 January 1588. Arrested at Morton-in-Marsh, Gloucester, England in 1593 for the crime of priesthood. Spent a year in Gatehouse prison, Westminster. Returned to Gloucester, he escaped on 19 February 1594; he was captured the next day at Matson. Sent back to Westminster, he was convicted on 1 July 1595 for the treason of Catholic priesthood. He spent over five years in Queen’s Bench prison awaiting execution, ministering to fellow prisoners whenever he could.

Born

at Thirsk, Yorkshire, England

hanged on 18 February 1601 at Saint Thomas’s Waterings, Camberwell, England

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

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Additional Information

Catholic Encyclopedia
Mementoes of the English Martyrs and Confessors, by Father Henry Sebastian Bowden
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- A Calendar of the English Martyrs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Most Precious Blood Catholic Parish

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

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