Nicholas Postgate
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Nicholas Postgate (1596 or 1597 – 7 August 1679), was an English Catholic martyr.
He was born at Kirkdale House, Egton, Yorkshire. He entered Douay College, 11 July 1621, took the college oath, 12 March 1623, received minor orders, 23 December 1624, the subdiaconate, 18 December 1827, the diaconate, 18 March 1628, and the priesthood two days later. He was sent to the mission, 29 June 1630, and laboured in England for the Catholic religion. Thomas Ward, who later wrote about him, knew him well.
He was apprehended by the exciseman Reeves, at the house of Matthew Lyth, of Sleights, Little Beck, near Whitby, and was condemned under 27 Elizabeth, c. 2, for being a priest. He was executed at York, His quarters were given to his friends and interred. One of the hands was sent to Douay College. His portable altar-stone is now venerated at Dodding Green, Westmoreland.
[edit] References
- Ward England's Reformation (London, 1747), 200
- Challoner, Missionary Priests, II, no. 204
- Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath.
[edit] External links
- "Ven. Nicholas Postgate". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- In Father Postgate's steps - Gazette & Herald
This article incorporates text from the entry Ven. Nicholas Postgate in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
