Bl.Edward Oldcorne

Jesuit priest, ordained in Rome, and received into the Society in 1587.
Worked in the English mission in Worcestershire for 16 years.
Developed throat cancer, but kept preaching through the pain.
Made a pilgrimage to Saint Winifred's shrine in Flintshire to seek a cure; his cancer healed, and he returned strong and healthy to his vocation.

Fell victim to the Gunpowder Plot, a foolish conspiracy to blow up the king and parliament,
hatched by a small group of frustrated Catholic Englishmen; all it did was provide an excuse for renewed persecution of Catholics, especially Jesuits. Edward was arrested, falsely accused,
and tortured on the rack for five days for information about the Plot. Martyred with another
Jesuit, Brother Ralph Ashley.

Died martyred in 1606 by hanging, drawing and quartering

Beatified in 1929