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Ven. John Sandys

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English martyr, born in the Diocese of Chester; executed at Gloucester, 11 August, 1586. He arrived at Reims 4 June, 1583, was ordained priest in the Holy Cross Chapel of Reims Cathedral by the Cardinal Archbishop, Louis de Guise, and was sent on the mission 2 October, 1584. He was cut down while fully conscious and had a terrible struggle with the executioner, who had blackened his face to avoid recognition and used a rusty and ragged knife; but his last words were a prayer for his persecutors.

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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Ven. John Sandys'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​v/ven-john-sandys.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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