Eustace White
Eustace White (1559 - 1591) was a Catholic priest. Due to his service, he was put on trial in December 1591 and subsequently hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn on 10 December 1591, along with another priest and three laymen. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970.
Saint Eustace White | |
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Detail from a mural in the English Martyrs Parish in Derby. All martyrs who died on 10 December 1591. From left to right: Saints Swithun Wells, Edmund Gennings, Eustace White, and Polydore Plasden. | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1559 Louth, England |
| Died | 10 December 1591 (aged 31 - 32) Tyburn, London, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 10 December (individual) 25 October (with the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) 29 October (one of the Douai Martyrs) |
| Attributes | martyr's palm, noose in neck, crucifix |
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