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St. Anna Line
February 27, Saint.


Source: Ewtn.com



One of The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Roman Martyrology: At London in England, Saint Anna Line, widow and martyr. When her husband died in exile because of the Catholic Faith, she provided a house in the city for priests, for which she was hanged by the rope at Tyburn under Queen Elizabeth I. The blessed priests and martyrs Mark Barkworth, from the Order of Saint Benedict, and Roger Filcock, from the Society of Jesus, suffered with her, drawn and quartered by the sword while still breathing.


Canonization date:  October  25, 1970 by Pope Paul VI

 

SHORT BIOGRAPHY




Born on c.1565 at Dunmow, Essex, England as Anne Higham. Born the daughter of a wealthy and ardent Calvinist. When she and her brother converted to Catholicism, they were disowned and disinherited. Anne married another convert, Roger Line, who was soon arrested for attending Mass, then exiled to Flanders, Belgium where he died in 1594.

When Father John Gerard established a house of refuge for priests in London, England, Anne was put in charge. Father Gerard was sent to the Tower of London, and then escaped in 1597. The authorities suspected Anne of hiding him, and she moved to another house, which became a rallying point for Catholics. On Candlemas, 1601, Father Francis Page was about to celebrate Mass there, when priest-catchers broke in. Father Page quickly unvested and mingled with the others, but the altar was all the evidence needed to arrest Anne. She was tried, convicted and hanged for harbouring priests. Martyred with Blessed Mark Barkworth, and her friend Blessed Roger Filcock. He was hanged on 27 February 1601 at Tyburn, London, England

She is patron of childless people, converts and widows.

 








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