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In 1585, a new decree made it a crime punishable by death to go overseas to receive the sacrament of Ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Nicholas Devereux (who went by the alias of Nicholas Woodfen) and Edward Barber (see below Edward Stransham) were both put to death in 1586 under this law.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
This category lists Roman Catholic priests who died for their faith, whether as a Christian or specifically for maintaining their Catholic beliefs. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Roman Catholic priests .
The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales [1] or Cuthbert Mayne and Thirty-Nine Companion Martyrs are a group of Catholic, lay and religious, men and women, executed between 1535 and 1679 for treason and related offences under various laws enacted by Parliament during the English Reformation.
Gertrude Agnes Barber was an American educator and administrator who founded the Barber Center in 1952 to serve disabled children, adults, and families. [ 1 ] Born in 1911, she was the child of an Irish immigrant mother and first-generation Irish-American father.
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The Catholic Church recognises certain deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God. In the post- Reformation period, some such people have been born, died, or lived in the United Kingdom .
Barber remained there a year and then returned to Georgetown, where he continued his studies until December 1822, when he was ordained a priest at Boston. After his ordination he was sent to his old home, Claremont, New Hampshire, where in 1823, he built St. Mary's Church, the first Roman Catholic Church in the state. [3]