Dom Augustine Bradshaw (1575–1618) was a

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. Born John Bradshaw near

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in 1575 to

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parents, he was sent to

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(a "free school", i.e. with no religious affiliation). He was sent to St Omer by the

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and then, in 1596, to the

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. After an illness, he was sent to the Abbey of San Martín Pinario in

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in 1599 where he took the name ''Augustine of St John''. He returned to England as a missionary in 1602, and became Vicar-General of the English Benedictines in 1604. He is recorded in contemporary writing as travelling the county of

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under the pseudonym John White. Among his most remembered achievements was the establishment of a monastic foundation at

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and the College of St Gregory (later

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). He was buried at Longueville near

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in 1618.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradshaw, Augustine 1575 births 1618 deaths English Benedictines English College, Valladolid alumni Clergy from Worcester, England 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests People educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester 17th-century English Roman Catholic priests