Bl. Sebastian Newdigate
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Death: 1535
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Carthusian martyr of England. Born at Harefield, Middlesex, England, he studied at Cambridge and was married. His wife died in 1524 and he became a priest. Before entering the Carthusians in the London Charterhouse, he also served as King Henry VIIIs privy counselor. When Sebastian and fellow monks refused to accept the declaration of King Henry VIIIs Supremacy over the Church of England, they were arrested. Sebastian was executed at Tyburn on June 19 with Blesseds Humphrey Middlemore and William Exmew.