Swithun Wells

English saint Date Of Birth : 1536-01-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1591-12-10T00:00:00Z

Swithun Wells (c. 1536 – 10 December 1591) was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Wells was a country gentleman and one time schoolmaster whose family sheltered hunted priests. He himself often arranged passage from one safehouse to another. His home in Gray’s Inn Lane (where he was hanged) was known to welcome recusants.

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