SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 07

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 07 Bl. Alexander Rawlins, 1595 A.D. Martyr, missionary, and companion in death with Henry Walpole. Alexander was born in Worcestershire, England, where he was jailed twice for his fervent Catholicism. In 1589 he went to the English seminary in Reims and was ordained there in 1590. Returning to England the following year, Alexander was arrested. He was condemned to death and on April 7, 1595, and along with Henry Walpole was hanged, drawn, and quartered in York, England. He was beatified in 1929. Bl. Edward Oldcorne, 1606 A.D. English martyr allegedly involved in the Gunpowder Plot. He was born in York, England, and ordained in Rome. In 1587, he became a Jesuit. Returning to England, Edward worked in the Midlands from 1588 to 1606. He was then condemned to death at Worcester for alleged implicitly in the Gunpowder Plot He was beatified in 1929. St. Henry Walpole, 1558-1595 A.D. Jesuit and one of the Forty Martyrs of England ...