John Shert, Blessed
John Shert, Blessed
Martyr , born Cheshire, England ; died Tyburn, England , 1582. He was educated at Oxford (B.A., Brasenose), taught school in London, was ordained at Rome, and was sent to the English mission. He was executed with Blessed Thomas Ford. Beatified , 1888.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
John Shert, Blessed
A native of Cheshire; took the degree of B.A. at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1566. Successively schoolmaster in London, and servant to Dr. Thomas Stapleton at Douai, he entered the seminary in 1576, and was ordained subdeacon. He was ordained priest from the English College, Rome, of which he was the senior of the first six scholars. He left Reims for England 27 August, 1579, and was sent to the Tower 14 July 1581.
(See also THOMAS FORD and ROBERT JOHNSON.)
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The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIVCopyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, July 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York