Ambrose (Edward) Barlow (b in Barlow Hall near Manchester,1585; d at Lancaster, 1641): a Catholic priest and martyr. Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... A view of Lancaster showing the Lune, the Millennium Bridge and the Ashton Memorial Lancaster (2001 census population 45,952: source ONS) is a city in Lancashire, in the north-west of England, UK. It is a commercial, cultural and educational centre. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for their religious faith, such as when the early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire. ...

Early Life and Education

Barlow was the fourth son of Sir Alexander Barlow, knight, of Barlow Hall, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Uryan Brereton, knight, of Handforth Hall, Cheshire. He was baptized at Didsbury church on 30 November 1585. Until 1607 he adhered to the Anglican church, but then turned to the Catholic church. Barlow was educated at the Benedictine monastery of St. Gregory in Douai, France, and entered the English College in Valladolid, Spain, on September 20, 1610. He later returned to Douai where his elder brother (William) Rudesind Barlow was a professed monk. Barlow also professed in 1614 and was ordained a priest in 1617. This article is about the English county. ... Location within the British Isles Didsbury Village Didsbury is a suburb in Greater Manchester in north-west England. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ... The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. ... ... Douai is a city and commune in the north of France in the département of Nord, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Plaza Mayor and city hall, Valladolid The unfinished cathedral and the Plaza de Cervantes, near the University of Valladolid The church of Santa María la Antigua, Valladolid Valladolid, which name comes from the Arabic phrase for land of the father (Balad-Al-Walid), is an industrial city in central... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ...

Mission and Martyrdom

After his ordination to the priesthood in Douai, Barlow was sent to England on the mission in South Lancashire. He resided chiefly at Wardley Hall, the seat of the Downe family, near Manchester, and at Morley's Hall, a mansion of the Tyldesley family, in the parish of Leigh, approximately seven miles from Manchester. Pursued by anti-Catholic mobs and Anglican officials, Barlow was imprisoned at least five times for his proselytization. He was caught for the fifth and final time on Easter Sunday, 25 April 1641 and was arrested by the Vicar of Eccles. He was paraded at the head of his parishoners, dressed in his surplice, and was followed by some 400 men armed with clubs and swords. Although he had been preaching at the time of his apprehension, and could possibly have escaped in the confusion, he voluntarily yielded himself to his enemies. He was taken to Lancaster Castle and, after four months' imprisonment, was tried on September 6th or 7th, and sentenced the following day after confessing to being a Catholic priest. On Friday September 10 he was hung, drawn and quartered at Lancaster. Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... Arms of Leigh Borough Council Leigh is a town located north of the East Lancashire Road between Manchester and Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Location within the British Isles Eccles is a town in Greater Manchester, England that is in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford but not, traditionally, part of Salford. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Historical stubs | Lancashire | Castles in England | Prisons ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ...

Hagiography and Relics

Challoner (see below) compiled Barlow's biography from two manuscripts belonging to St Gregory's Monastery, one of which was written by his brother Dom Rudesind Barlow, President of the Anglo-Benedictine Congregation. A third manuscript, entitled "The Apostolical Life of Ambrose Barlow", was written by one of his pupils for Dom Rudesind, and is presently in the Library of Owen's College in Manchester; it has been printed by the Chetham Society. There also exist two portraits of Barlow and one of his father, Sir Alexander. Many of his relics are also preserved, a hand being at Stanbrook Abbey near Worcester and his skull in Wardley Hall. The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ... The city of Worcester (pronounced ) is a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. ...

In 1970 Ambrose Barlow was canonized by Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, whose feast day is 10 October. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Enrica Antonia Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), served as Pope from 1963 to 1978. ... The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of Christian martyrs who were canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI to represent in some sense the many Catholics martyred in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...

Sources

(in 1913)

• ALLANSON, Biographical MSS. (preserved at Ampleforth Abbey), I;
• GILLOW, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath. (London, 1885)
• FLETCHER MOSS, Pilgrimages to Old Homes (Didsbury, 1903)
• IDEM, History of Didsbury (Manchester)
• IDEM, Chronicles of Cheadle, Cheshire (Didsbury, 1894)
• DODD, Church History of England (Brussels, 1739).

(modern)

• Butler's Lives of the Saints, ix (revised ed, 2000)
• Camm, B., "Nine Martyr Monks" (1931)
• Challoner, R. (ed J.H. Pollen)), "Memoirs of Missionary Priests" (1924)
• New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967)
• Rhodes, W.E. (ed), "The Apostolical Life of Ambrose Barlow" (Chetham Society, 1909)

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