Bl. Thomas Whitbread - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bl. Thomas Whitbread - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bl. Thomas Whitbread, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. A native of Essex, England, he studied at St. Omer, France, and entered the Jesuits in 1635. Back in England and using the alias Thomas Harcourt, he served as provincial of the Jesuit mission until his arrest on the entirely false charges of complicity in the Popish Plot. Thomas was tried for sheltering the plotters and was convicted of the charge of attempting to murder the king. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday: June 20
Bl. Thomas Whitbread, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. A native of Essex, England, he studied at St. Omer, France, and entered the Jesuits in 1635. Back in England and using the alias Thomas Harcourt, he served as provincial of the Jesuit mission until his arrest on the entirely false charges of complicity in the Popish Plot. Thomas was tried for sheltering the plotters and was convicted of the charge of attempting to murder the king. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday: June 20
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