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John Plessington

John Plessington

John Plessington, also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick and William Pleasington, was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the English Crown for violating the ban on the presence of Catholic priests in the kingdom. Wikipedia
Died: July 19, 1679 (age 42 years), Gallow's Hill, Ireland
Feast: 19 July (individual); 25 October (together with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)