Blessed Adrian Fortescue Biography
Blessed Adrian Fortescue Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | 1476 AD |
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| Country of Birth | United Kingdom of Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Married |
| Profession | Knight |
| Place of Work | England |
| Date of Death | July 9, 1539 |
| Place of Death | Tower Hill, London, England |
| Feast Day | July 9 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Biography
Blessed Adrian Fortescue, destined to the English nobility, the child of Sir John Fortescue, and a cousin of Anne Boleyn. Made a Knight of Bath in 1503, every now and again serving in the regal court of King Henry VIII. Battled for England in France in 1513 and 1522. Hitched twice, and father of seven. Made a Knight of Saint John in 1532.
He gathered a few arrangements of axioms and people idioms, frequently thinking of them in the edges of his Book of Hours. On 29 August 1534, for reasons never clarified, he was captured by the lord’s structure, and detained for a while. Captured again on 3 February 1539, and sent to the Tower of London. Without preliminary, he was sentenced to death in April for treachery, however, no particular demonstration was affirmed, just broad “subversion and declining faithfulness”, a consequence of his unwavering loyalty to Rome. A martyr.
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