John Almond
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John Almond was a Cistercian monk. He is commemorated as a Confessor of the Faith in the Roman Catholic Church, and his name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs.[1]
He came from Cheshire, and was a monk in the time of Henry VIII, but neither his abbey nor his fate during and after its suppression have been identified.[1]
He died in prison at Hull Castle on 18 April 1585, having been imprisoned there since 1579.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Herbermann, Charles George (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia. Universal Knowledge Foundation. p. 328. http://books.google.com/books?id=FmgQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA328&dq=%22John+Almond%22+1585&lr=lang_en&num=50&as_brr=3&ei=zkRaSIedDKHOjgH25ICSDA.
- ^ Gasquet, Francis Aidan (1902). Henry VIII and the English Monasteries. J. Hodges. p. 488. http://books.google.com/books?id=qo9iXQMCr58C&pg=PA488&dq=%22John+Almond%22+1585&lr=lang_en&num=50&as_brr=3&ei=zkRaSIedDKHOjgH25ICSDA.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Almond". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
