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BLESSED RALPH CORBY
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2012

Blessed Ralph Corby was born to a devout Irish Catholic family in Maynooth, Ireland, on March 25, 1598. All of Blessed Ralph's family took religious vows, including his parents who decided to do so after their children had all joined various orders. Ralph's father became a Jesuit lay brother and his mother a Benedictine nun.

Ralph joined the Jesuits, along with his two brothers and volunteered for the perilous mission to minister in England at a time when it was illegal to be a Catholic priest.

He ministered covertly in the north of England, near Durham, for 12 years before he was discovered and subsequently sentenced to death.

Blessed Ralph was hanged, drawn, and quartered on September 7, 1644 at Tyburn, England.  He was beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.

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