Milton the Catholic

No, not famous poet John Milton, but his brother, Christopher....
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Wilfrid of Ripon (d. 709)

Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindi...
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Plegmund of Canterbury (d. 923)

Plegmund was Archbishop of Canterbury during the latter reign o...
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The Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549

In the year 1536, Catholics of northern England famously partici...
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Hybald of Bardney (d. 690)

St. Hybald, a Benedictine Abbot of Bardney, England, is known un...
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Piety for the Dead in Merry England

Commemorations for the dead were a staple of life in medieval Ch...
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Archbishop Aelfsige Dies in the Alps

In the year 959, Aelfsige, the newly installed Archbishop of Can...
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Edmund the Martyr (d. 870)

St. Edmund the Martyr was King of East Anglia from 855-870. Thou...
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Deusdedit Frithona of Canterbury (d. 664)

Of the early life of St. Frithona, almost nothing is known, othe...
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Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634-687)

It seems somewhat unjust to group St. Cuthbert amongst the ...
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Beornstan of Winchester (d. 934)

When we first hear of St. Beornstan, it is as a simple mass prie...
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