Anne Line


Anne Line
St Anne Line
Statue of St Anne Line at St Anne Line Junior School in Basildon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Martyr
Bornc. 1563
Essex, England
Died(1601-02-27)27 February 1601 (aged 38 - 39)
Tyburn, England
Venerated inCatholic Church
Anglican Communion
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Feast27 February (individual)
25 October (together with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
30 August (together with Saints Margaret Ward and Margaret Clitherow)
Attributesdove, noose in neck, book or bible,
Patronagechildless people, converts, widows

Anne Line (c. 1563 – 27 February 1601) was an English Catholic martyr. After losing her husband, she became very active in sheltering clandestine Catholic priests, which was illegal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Finally arrested, she was condemned to death and executed at Tyburn. The Catholic Church declared her a martyr, and Pope Paul VI canonised her in 1970.