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John Nelson, Blessed
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Martyr, born Skelton, England, 1534; died Tyburn, England, 1577. He went to Douai, was ordained priest by the Archbishop of Cambrai in 1576 and the next year was sent on the English mission, his labors being centered at London. He was arrested, and committed to Newgate as a suspected Papist, tried for treason, and hanged. Beatified, 1888.
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Entry for 'John Nelson, Blessed'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/j/john-nelson-blessed.html. 1910.