John Sandys (1550 or 1555 in
Lancashire
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["Beatified Martyrs of the Clifton Diocese", Clifton Diocese]
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) was an English Roman Catholic
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priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified
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in 1987, and is commemorated on 11 August.["Blessed John Sandys", Diocese of Shrewsbury]
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Life
John Sandys was born in the Diocese of Chester, and studied at the University of Oxford
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, and Douai College
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He arrived at ]Reims
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4 June 1583, and was ordained priest in the Holy Cross Chapel of Reims Cathedral
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by the Cardinal Archbishop, Louis de Guise. He was sent on the English mission 2 October 1584.[Wainewright, John. "Ven. John Sandys." The Catholic Encyclopedia]
Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 13 December 2021
He was executed at Gloucester in 1586. John Sandys was among the 85 martyrs of England and Wales beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987.[
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See also
* Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
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* Douai Martyrs
The Douai Martyrs is a name applied by the Catholic Church to 158 Catholic priests trained in the English College at Douai, France, who were executed by the English state between 1577 and 1680.
History
Having completed their training at Douai, ...
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1586 deaths
16th-century English Roman Catholic priests
English beatified people
16th-century venerated Christians
Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales
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Clergy from Lancashire