Thwing, Edward, Bl.
THWING, EDWARD, BL.
Priest, martyr; b. c. 1565 at Heworth (or Hurs, near York), England; hanged, drawn, and quartered July 26, 1600 at Lancaster. He was the son of Thomas Thwing and his wife Jane Kellet of York, and may have been related to Bl. Thomas thwing (d. 1680) also of Yorkshire. He studied at Rheims and spent an interval with the Jesuits at Pont-à-Mousson. At Rheims he was a reader in Greek and Hebrew and a professor of rhetoric and logic. He was ordained priest at Laon, Dec. 20, 1590. In 1597, he was sent on the English Mission and immediately was arrested and imprisoned at Wisbeach, whence he escaped with Bl. Robert nutter to Lancashire. They were arrested in May 1600, tried at the next assizes, and condemned for being priests. Both were beatified by Pope John Paul II on Nov. 22, 1987, with George Haydock and Companions.
Feast of the English Martyrs: May 4 (England).
See Also: england, scotland and wales, martyrs of.
Bibliography: r. challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, ed. j. h. pollen (rev. ed. London 1924). j. h. pollen, Acts of English Martyrs (London 1891).
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