Hugh Faringdon
English Roman Catholic monk and martyr / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hugh Faringdon, OSB (died 14 November 1539), earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was a Benedictine monk who presided as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the English town of Reading. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, Faringdon was accused of high treason and executed. He was declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1895.
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Blessed Hugh Faringdon O.S.B. | |
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Abbot of Reading, Martyr | |
Born | c. 1490 probably Faringdon |
Died | 14 November 1539 (aged 48 - 49) Reading Abbey, Reading, England |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 13 May 1895 by Pope Leo XIII |
Feast | 15 November |
Attributes | reliquary, pastoral staff, martyr's palm, noose in neck |
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