George Napper
Blessed George Napper | |
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George Nappier, "They began to offer him some speeches". Illustration for Memoirs of Missionary Priests by Bishop Challoner (Jack, 1878). | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1550 Holywell Manor, Oxford, England |
| Died | 9 November 1610 (aged 59 - 60) Oxford Castle, Oxfordshire, England |
| Beatified | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Feast | 9 November (individual) 29 October (one of the Douai Martyrs) |
George Napper (or Napier; c. 1550 – 9 November 1610) was an English Catholic priest murdered during the Reformation. He is recognized as a Catholic martyr, having been beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.