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Briant, Alexander, Blessed
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Jesuit martyr. Born Somersetshire, England, c.1556;died Tyburn, England, 1581. A pupil of Father Persons at Oxford, he was ordained at Rheims, assigned to the English Mission, arrested, and executed after frightful tortures.
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Entry for 'Briant, Alexander, Blessed'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/briant-alexander-blessed.html. 1910.