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ENGLISH REFORMATION CATHOLIC MARTYROLOGY
XVI-XVIII century
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| Status | saint | ![]() |
| Surname | WELLS | |
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| Forename(s) | Swithun | |
| Alt. forname(s) | Swithin |
| Religious status | layman | |
| Personal info | schoolmaster | |
| Nationality | English | |
| Date & place of birth | a. 1536 | Brambridge (Hampshire) |
| Date & place of death | 10.xii.1591 | London |
| Nature of death & gallows/prison | hanged outside his house | Gray's Inn Fields |
| Trial charge | holding a Mass at his house and refusal to sign the Oath of Supremacy (stat. 27 Eliz.1, c. 2) | |
| Companions in death | Edmund GENNINGS, Polydore PLASDEN, Brian LACY, Sydney HODSON, John MASON, Eustace WHITE | |
| Beatification date & pontiff | 15.xii.1929 | Pius XI |
| Canonisation date & pontiff | 25.x.1970 | Paul VI |
| Sources: | en.wikipedia.org www.newadvent.org | |