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Polydore Plasden
English Roman Catholic saint
SaintPost-1588
Feast: 10 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1563
Died
1591
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Polydore Plasden (1563–1591) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of London, he studied for the priesthood at Rheims and Rome, and was ordained in 1586 before being sent back to England soon after.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q2068996 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Polydore Plasden (CC BY-SA)
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