Roger Cadwallador (1568 – 27 August 1610) was a Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.
Blessed Roger Cadwallador | |
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| Priest and Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1568 Stretton Sugwas, Hereford, England |
| Died | 27 August 1610 (aged 41 - 42) Leominster, Herefordshire, England |
| Honored in | Roman Catholicism |
| Beatified | 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 27 August, 22 November |
| Attributes | martyr's palm |
Life
editRoger Cadwallador was born to a Welsh family at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford. He was ordained subdeacon at Reims, 21 September 1591, and deacon the following February. In August 1592, was sent to the English College at Valladolid, where he was ordained priest in 1593.[1][2]
Returning to England in 1594, he worked in Herefordshire as a missionary in both Welsh and English, especially among the poor, for about 16 years. Search was made for him in June 1605, but it was not till Easter, 1610, that he was arrested at the house of Mrs. Winefride Scroope, widow, within eight miles of Hereford. He was then brought before the Bishop of Hereford, Robert Bennet, who committed him to Hereford gaol where he was loaded with irons night and day. On being transferred to Leominster gaol he was obliged to walk all the way in shackles, though a boy was permitted to go by his side and bear up by a string the weight of some iron links which were wired to the shackles.[1]
He was condemned, merely for being a priest, some months before his execution, which took place at Leominster; a very full account is given by Richard Challoner. He is said to have hung for a long time, suffering great pain, owing to the unskilfulness of the hangman, and was eventually cut down and butchered alive.[1]
John Pitts praises his knowledge of Greek, from which he translated Theodoret's Ecclesiastical History. It was published posthumously at St. Omer's.[3]
Veneration
editRoger Cadwallador was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. There is a chapel dedicated to Cadwallador in the Church of Saint Ethelbert in Leominster.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Wainewright, John. "Ven. Roger Cadwallador." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 18 November 2021
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Deceased Vallisoletans", Vallidolid Association
- ^ Rogers, D.M., and Allison, A.F.. The Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation Between 1558 and 1640 Volume II: Works in English, with Addenda & Corrigenda to Volume I. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2017. n.p. ISBN 9781351963978
- ^ "Leominster – St Ethelbert", Taking Stock
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. Roger Cadwallador". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
