Bl. John Lockwood, Roman Catholic English Martyr, sometimes called John Lascelles. hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed John Catherick. Feastday April 13

Bl. John Lockwood, Roman Catholic English Martyr, sometimes called John Lascelles. He was born in Sowerby, Yorkshire, and went to Rome to study for the priesthood as a mature man. He was ordained in 1597 returned to England the following year. He was arrested and banished in 1610 but returned to work until his arrest in 1642. At the age of eighty-one, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed John Catherick. Feastday April 13

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