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A man named ‘Anne’, synod everlasting, and she’s a lady

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Mar 15, 2024
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Happy Friday friends,

Today is Friday of the fourth week of Lent, but tomorrow is the memorial of Blessed “John Anne” of England.

What we know about “Anne” is that he was martyred in York on March 16, 1589, for the capital crime of being a Catholic priest. But apart from the circumsta…

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