Anthony Page (priest)
Anthony Page (1563 – April 1593) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.
Life
Page was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, in 1563. He was of gentle birth and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, 23 November 1581, being described as "scholaris Mri-Wodson". He entered the English College, Reims, 30 September 1584, and received minor orders, April, 1585. He was ordained deacon at Laon, 22 September 1590, and priest at Reims, 21 September 1591.
Anthony Champney, who was his contemporary at Reims, in his manuscript history of the reign of Elizabeth I of England, as quoted by Richard Challoner, describes his character. He was condemned for being a priest, under 27 Eliz., c. 2., and was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York in April 1593.
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The entry cites:
- Richard Challoner, Missionary Priests, I, no. 98:
- Clark, Register of Oxford University, II (Oxford, 1887-9), 105;
- Thomas Francis Knox, Douay Diaries (London. 1878), 202, 205, 234, 241.
- 1571 births
- 1593 deaths
- English Roman Catholic priests
- English beatified people
- People executed under Elizabeth I of England by hanging, drawing and quartering
- 16th-century venerated Christians
- English martyrs
- Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales
- 16th-century Roman Catholics
- 16th-century English people
- Page family
- People from London executed by hanging, drawing and quartering
- People from Harrow on the Hill
