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John Cornelius (priest)
John Cornelius ( Irish: ''Seán Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna''; 1557 – 4 July 1594) also called Mohun, was an Irish Catholic priest and Jesuit born in Cornwall. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Life John Cornelius was born John Conor O’Mahony, in 1557 of parents from Gaelic Ireland, at Bodmin, in Cornwall, on the estate of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne. O'Mahony later Latinized his middle name, taking the name John Cornelius. Sir John Arundell took an interest in the boy and arranged for him to come up to Exeter College, Oxford. Cornelius went on to the seminary at Reims, and a little later, on 1 April 1580, entered the English College, Rome, to pursue theological studies. After ordination in 1583, he was sent as a missionary to England and served for nearly ten years, making Arundell's house his base of operations. He was the family's priest and he formed a close relationship particularly with Dorothy Arundell whom he encouraged to become a nun. While acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martyr
A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant consequence in protest or support of a cause. In the martyrdom narrative of the remembering community, this refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of an individual by an oppressor. Accordingly, the status of the 'martyr' can be considered a posthumous title as a reward for those who are considered worthy of the concept of martyrdom by the living, regardless of any attempts by the deceased to control how they will be remembered in advance. Insofar, the martyr is a relational figure of a society's boundary work that is produced by collective memory. Originally applied only to those who suffered for their religious b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
