William Filby (Roman Catholic priest)

For other people named William Filby, see William Filby (disambiguation).

William Filby (died 30 May 1582) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1886.[1]

Life

Filby was born in Oxfordshire, England between 1557 and 1560. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, he was admitted to the seminary at Reims on 12 October 1579. He was ordained priest at Reims on 25 March 1581, and shortly after left for the English mission.

He was arrested in July, committed to the Tower of London, removed 14 August to the Marshalsea, and thence back to the Tower again. He was sentenced 17 November, and from that date till he died was loaded with manacles. He was also deprived of his bedding for two months.

Filby was executed at Tyburn on 30 May 1582. With him died Thomas Cottam, Luke Kirby, and Laurence Richardson.

References

  1. ↑ Bl. William Filby - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. William Filby". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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