John Finglow

John Finglow, also known as John Fingley (circa 1550- 8 August 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

Life

Born at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire, John Finglow was matriculated sizar from Caius College, Cambridge in December 1573.[1] He arrived at the English College at Reims on 9 February 1580 and was ordained priest 25 March 1581. On 24 April, The following month he was sent on the English mission.[2]

He worked for about five years in the north of England before being arrested and confined in Ousebridge Kidcote, York. He was tried for being a Catholic priest and reconciling English subjects to the Catholic Church, and was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.[2]

See also

• Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales

References

1. "Fingley, John, alias Finglow, John (FNGY573J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. Rudge, F.M. "Ven. John Finglow." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 28 March 2016

Sources

• Thompson Cooper, ‘Finglow, John (d. 1586/7)’, rev. Sarah Elizabeth Wall, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 7 September 2008

Further reading

• Burton, Edwin H., "Venerable John Finglow", Lives of the English Martyrs, (Edwin H. Burton and J. H. Pollen eds.), London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1914
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. John Finglow". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.