Polydore Plasden | |
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Priest and Martyr | |
Born | c. 1563 London, England |
Died | 10 December 1591 (aged 27 - 28) Tyburn, London, England |
Beatified | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
Feast | 10 December (individual), 25 October (collectively with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) |
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.