- Henry Morse
Infobox Saint
name=Henry Morse
birth_date=1595
death_date=death date|1645|2|1|df=y
feast_day=1st February;25 October (as part of the 40 Martyrs)
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
imagesize=150px
caption=The saint, from a martyrology
birth_place=Brome, Suffolk ,England
death_place=Tyburn, London
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beatified_date=15 December 1929
beatified_place=Rome
beatified_by=Pope Pius XI
canonized_date=25 October 1970
canonized_place=Rome
canonized_by=Pope Paul VI , as one of theForty Martyrs of England and Wales
attributes=
patronage=
major_shrine=
issues=Saint Henry Morse, one of the Catholic
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales .Born a
Protestant in 1595 atBrome, Suffolk ,England , he converted to Catholicism, studied for the priesthood in Rome and joined theJesuits in 1626. Worked as a covert priest in London, and among plague victims in 1636, he caught the plague himself but recovered from it. Betrayed to the authorities by an informer, he was briefly imprisoned in 1638. He ministered to people around the countryside of southern England for years. He was arrested and convicted for practising as a Catholic priest andhanged, drawn, and quartered on1 February 1645 atTyburn, London .Venerated from 8 December 1929, and beatified 15 December 1929, and made one of the Forty Martyrs in 1970.
External links
* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/sainth96.htm Catholic Forum]
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