William Pike, Blessed
A Dorset layman, a joiner by trade. Converted to Catholicism. He was martyred in 1591.
William Southerne, Blessed
Brief profile of the English martyr, who was arrested while saying Mass, and executed in 1618.
William Spenser, Blessed
Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who was executed in 1589.
William Ward, Blessed
Ward, whose real name was William Webster, was over 40 when he began his studies for the priesthood. He labored for 30 years in England, 20 of which were spent in prison. He was ma…
William, Abbot of Marmoutiers
For a time he was Archdeacon of Nantes, but renounced this dignity and became a monk at the Benedictine monastery of Marmoutiers. (d. 1124)
William, Blessed
Biographical article on this Cluniac, abbot of Hirschau, monastic reformer, astronomer, musician, who died in 1091.
William, Saint
Biographical article on William Fitzherbert, also called William of Thwayt. Twelfth-century Archbishop of York.
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