Saint of the Day: St. Francis Page; a 16th and 17th Century Jesuit martyr of England; born in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis was a member of an English Protestant family; he was reconciled to the Catholic faith, and was ordained in 1600 and sent from Douai, France, to England; he was arrested there two years later; while in prison, Francis entered the Society of Jesus; he was martyred at Tyburn, England, in 1602
Saint of the Day: St. Francis Page; a 16th and 17th Century Jesuit martyr of England; born in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis was a member of an English Protestant family; he was reconciled to the Catholic faith, and was ordained in 1600 and sent from Douai, France, to England; he was arrested there two years later; while in prison, Francis entered the Society of Jesus; he was martyred at Tyburn, England, in 1602