Thomas Thwing

Blessed

Thomas Thwing
Martyr
Bornc. 1635
Heworth Hall, Heworth, York
Died23 October 1680 (aged 44 - 45)
Knavesmire, York, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Feast23 October

Thomas Thwing (1635–1680) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr, executed for his supposed part in the Barnbow Plot, an offshoot of the fabricated Popish Plot invented by Titus Oates. His feast day is 23 October.[1]

  1. ^ Bunson, Matthew et al., "Thwing, Blessed Thomas", Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, OSV Publishing, 2003 ISBN 9781931709750 Bunson, Matthew; Bunson, Margaret; Bunson, Stephen (2 December 2023). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 9781931709750. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)