OUR LADY from CZĘSTOCHOWA: st Sigismund church, Słomczyn, Poland; source: own collectionOUR LADY of PERPETUAL HELPLOGO PORTALU

st Sigismund
Roman Catholic parish
05-507 Słomczyn
ul. Wiślana 85
Konstancin deanery
m. i gm. Konstancin-Jeziorna
pow. Piaseczno

st SIGISMUND: st Sigismund church, Słomczyn, Poland; source: own collectionst SIGISMUND: XIX c., feretory, st Sigismund church, Słomczyn, Poland; source: own collection

ENGLISH REFORMATION CATHOLIC MARTYROLOGY

XVI-XVIII century

personal data

StatusblessedIMAGE PLACEHOLDER
SurnameFINCH
Alt. surnames, aliases, etc.
Forename(s)John
Alt. forname(s)
Religious statuslayman
Personal infoyeoman
NationalityEnglish
Date & place of birtha. 1548Eccleston (Lancashire)
Date & place of death20.iv.1584Lancaster (Lancashire)
Nature of death & gallows/prisonhanged, drawn and quartered
Trial chargehelping priests and refusal to sign the Oath of Supremacy (stat. 1 Eliz.1 c.1)
Trial and death detailsafter three years imprisonment, sentenced together with James Bell (who were condemned to death), Richard Hutton and John Williamson (who got life imprionment)
Companions in deathJames BELL
Beatification date & pontiff15.xii.1929Pius XI
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