St. Margaret Clitherow (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Bede Camm · 1913
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Margaret Clitherow, Pearl of York, was pressed to death for harbouring priests and refusing to plead. Born about 1556 to Thomas Middleton, York's sheriff in 1564 and 1565 and a wax-chandler, she married John Clitherow, a wealthy butcher and city chamberlain, at St. Martin's, Coney Street, on 8 July 1571. They lived in the Shambles. The Catholic Encyclopedia piece of 1913 dates her death to 25 March 1586.
Converted about three years later, she grew fervent, risking life by harbouring and maintaining priests. She endured frequent imprisonment, sometimes for two years, yet never daunted. Though her husband was of the Established Church, his brother was a priest. Margaret kept two hiding chambers, one adjoining her house and one elsewhere in the city, with Mass celebrated continually through persecution's thickest years. Some of her priests died martyrs, and Margaret, longing for the same grace, made secret night pilgrimages to York Tyburn.
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| CREATOR | Bede Camm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |