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Ambrose Edward Barlow, O.S.B. (1585 – 10 September 1641) was an English Benedictine monk who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He is one of a group of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI who became known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales .
Facts. Martyr and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A convert, Ambrose studied for the priesthood at Douai, France, and Valladolid, Spain. In 1615 he was a professed Benedictine, affiliated by request to the Spanish Abbey of Celanova.
On the 25th October 1970 he was one of the “Forty Martyrs of England and Wales” canonised by Pope Paul VI. His relics are substantial, widely dispersed and still venerated. In this short work we explore some aspects of his life, death and lasting impact on the Catholic community.
Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow, also known as Ambrose Brereton, Ambrose Radcliffe, and Edward Ambrose Barlow, was born in Barlow Hall, England in 1585. He was the fourth son of Sir Alexander Barlow and Mary Brereton. Baptized Catholic on 30 November 1585, he was initially raised as a Protestant.
BARLOW, AMBROSE (EDWARD), ST. English martyr; b. Barlow Hall, near Manchester, 1585; d. Lancaster, Sept. 10, 1641. Although born a Catholic, Barlow conformed to the Protestant church in his youth. At the age of 22, he returned to the faith and entered the English seminary at Douai.
Barlow ( alias RADCLIFFE and BRERETON), EDWARD AMBROSE, VENERABLE, priest and martyr, b. at Barlow Hall, 1585; d. September 10, 1641. He was the fourth son of Sir Alexander Barlow, Knight of Barlow Hall, near Manchester, by Mary, daughter of Sir Uryan Brereton, Knight of Handforth Hall, Co. Chester, and was baptized at Didsbury Church November ...
Benedictine monk Edward (religious name: Ambrose) Barlow was born at Barlow Hall in Manchester in 1585, the fourth son of Sir Alexander Barlow and his wife, Mary. The Barlow family had converted to Protestantism, but this conversion had been somewhat reluctant.
