Blessed Hugh Green
Blessed Hugh Green (born c. 1584 AD in London, England; died August 19, 1642 AD in Dorchester, Dorset, England) was an English Catholic secular priest and martyr who was executed at Dorchester for the crime of exercising his priestly ministry in England under the penal laws. He was educated at Douai and ordained a priest in France. He served as a missionary priest in England for over two decades before his arrest. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987, among the Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales. His feast day is August 19.
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| Blessed Hugh Green | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | August 19 |
| Profession | English Catholic secular priest and martyr; born London c. 1584; educated English College Douai; ordained in France; missionary priest in southwestern England c. 1612-1642; arrested in Dorset; hanged drawn and quartered August 19 1642 at Dorchester Dorset; beatified Pope John Paul II November 22 1987 (85 Martyrs of England and Wales); feast August 19 |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; secular clergy; English Catholic martyrs; English Recusant tradition; English penal period; 17th-century English Catholicism; Dorset; England |
| Patronage | Dorchester; Dorset; England; English Catholic martyrs; secular priests; missionary priests; persecuted Catholics; those under unjust laws; Douai College alumni; Catholic recusants; England and Wales |
| Attributes | Secular priest's dress (cassock or lay disguise); palm of martyrdom; August 19 feast; Dorchester setting; Dorset landscape; penal period priest; Douai College; noose or gallows (martyrdom by hanging) |
| Birthplace | London, England |
| Death Place | Dorchester, Dorset, England |
| Cause of Death | Martyrdom; executed August 19, 1642, at Dorchester, Dorset, England; Blessed Hugh Green (also Hugh Greene) was an English Catholic secular priest martyred under the English penal laws for exercising his priestly ministry; born London c. 1584; educated Douai; ordained in France; missionary priest in England c. 1612-1642; arrested in Dorset; hanged drawn and quartered at Dorchester August 19 1642; beatified Pope John Paul II November 22 1987 (85 Martyrs of England and Wales); feast August 19 |
| Primary Shrine | Dorchester, Dorset, England; beatified Pope John Paul II November 22 1987; feast August 19 |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; August 19 feast for the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Hugh Green was born c. 1584 in London. He was educated at the English College at Douai in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day northern France), which trained missionary priests for England during the penal period. He was ordained a priest in France and returned to England c. 1612 as a missionary priest.
For approximately 30 years he served the Catholic faithful in southwestern England, primarily in Dorset, secretly administering the sacraments to Catholic families at the risk of his life under the English penal laws, which made the exercise of priestly ministry a capital offense.
He was arrested in Dorset and brought to Dorchester, the county town. He was executed by hanging, drawing, and quartering on August 19, 1642 — three days before King Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the English Civil War.
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987, among the Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales. His feast day is August 19.
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Birth location: London, England
Death location: Dorchester, Dorset, England
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