SaintAugustineWebster was an English Catholic martyr.
Educated at Cambridge University He became the prior of Our Lady of Melwood, a Carthusian house at Epworth, on the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire in 1531.
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also called SaintAugustine of Hippo, original Latin name Aurelius Augustinus feast day August 28, bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430, one of the Latin Fathers of the Church, one of the Doctors of the Church, and perhaps the most significant Christian thinker after St.
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Augustine, fresco by Sandro Botticelli, 1480; in the Church of Ognissanti, Florence.
SaintAugustineWebster, when they accompanied its prior, Saint John Houghton, to see Thomas Cromwell, who had them seized and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
The following year Father Houghton was again arrested when he, Saint Robert Lawrence, and SaintAugustineWebster went to Thomas Cromwell to seek an exemption from taking the oath required in the Act of Supremacy.
He, as the first of hundreds to refuse to apostatize in favor of the crowned heads of England, gave a magnificent example to his monks and the whole of Britain of fidelity to the Catholic faith.
Following three days of prayer, Father John, with Saint Robert Lawrence and SaintAugustineWebster, contacted Thomas Cromwell to seek an exemption for themselves and their monks.
Father John was released, and a few days later, troops arrived at the Chapter house and forced the remaining monks to sign the modified oath.
When the oath was modified to include the phrase "in so far as the law of God permits", John felt he could be loyal to Church and Crown; he and several of his monks signed the oath, though with misgivings.
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Augustine of Hippo - Definition of Augustine of Hippo by Webster's Online Dictionary
Augustine of Hippo - ( Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church ; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa ; St.
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Augustine of Hippo - Definition of Augustine of Hippo by Webster's Online Dictionary
Augustine of Hippo - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St.
Following three days of prayer, Father John, with Saint Robert Lawrence and SaintAugustineWebster, contacted Thomas Cromwell to seek an exemption for themselves and their monks.
The group was immediately arrested and thrown in the Tower of London.
Carthusian monk, doing his noviate in the London Charterhouse, and making his final vows in 1516.
Following three days of prayer, Father John, with Saint Robert Lawrence and SaintAugustineWebster, contacted Thomas Cromwell to seek an exemption for themselves and their monks.
- Saint John's dying words as he was being disembowelled
Father John was released, and a few days later, troops arrived at the Chapter house and forced the remaining monks to sign the modified oath.
