Bl.Francis Page

Born in Antwerp, Belgium and belonged to a wealthy Protestant English family from Harrow-on-the-Hill, studied law and became a clerk for a Catholic lawyer. Francis fell in love with his employer's daughter, but she would not hear of marriage until Francis became a Catholic.
He knew John Gerard, S.J., who was in London's Clink Prison at the time. He went to John for
instruction, called off the marriage and decided to become a Jesuit.

After ordination he returned to England, managed to elude the priest-hunters for a few years but
was captured and brought to Newgate prison.
Francis pointed out that he did not come under England's law since he was born in Antwerp not
in England. Nevertheless he was found guilty of high treason and condemned to be hanged, drawn and quartered.