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Memorial

• 20 April
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai

Profile

Raised in a Protestant family from Harrow-on-the-Hill, England. Convert to Catholicism. Studied at Douai, France where he was ordained in 1600. Worked in England to minister to covert Catholics who faced government persecution. Arrested and sentenced to death for the crime of being a priest. While he prison he became a Jesuit. Martyr.

Born

• c.1575 in Antwerp, Belgium

Died

• 20 April 1602 at Tyburn, London, England

Venerated

• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Francis Page“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 April 2024. Web. 3 May 2024. <>