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Ven. George Beesley
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(Also spelled Bisley). Martyr, born at The Hill in Goosnargh parish, Lancaster, England, of an ancient Catholic family; died 2 July, 1591. He was ordained priest at the English College at Reims, 14 March, 1587, and left for England, 1 November, 1588. A man of singular courage, young, strong, and robust, he was captured by Topcliffe late in 1590, and was by his tortured reduced to a skeleton. He endured all with invincible courage and could not be induced to betray his fellow Catholics. He suffered by the statute of 27 Eliz., merely for being a priest, in Fleet Street, London. His last words were "Absit mihi gloriari nisi in Cruce Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" and, after a pause, "Good people, I beseech God to send all felicity".
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Ven. George Beesley'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/v/ven-george-beesley.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Ven. George Beesley'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/v/ven-george-beesley.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
