Polydore Plasden
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.
Saint Polydore Plasden | |
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Detail from a mural in the English Martyrs Parish in Derby. All martyrs shown died on 10 December 1591. From left to right: Saint Swithun Wells, Saint Edmund Gennings, Saint Eustace White, and Saint Polydore Plasden. | |
| 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) |
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