Catholic saints who converted from Protestantism

The list Catholic saints who converted from Protestantism includes Henry Morse, Elizabeth Ann Seton, John Henry Newman, Elisabeth Hesselblad and Anne Line. The list consists of 18 members.

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Protestantism

Division within Christianity, originating with the 16th century Reformation

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Anne Line

English Catholic martyr

Overview: Anne Line (c. 1563 – 27 February 1601) was an English Catholic martyr. After losing her husband, she became very active in sheltering clandestine Catholic priests, which was illegal in the reign of Queen ...

Date of birth: 1567

Date of death: 27 February 1601

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Gender: Female

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16th-century English women 268T

17th-century English women 204T

Canonizations by Pope Paul VI 41T
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Elizabeth Ann Seton

first native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church

Overview: Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, SC, (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was the first person born in what would become the United States to be canonized by the Catholic Church (September 14, 1975). She es ...

Date of birth: 28 August 1774

Date of death: 4 January 1821

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Female

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Bayley family 3T

Tuberculosis deaths in Maryland 13T

Religious leaders from New Rochelle, New York 10T
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John Henry Newman

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

Overview: John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure ...

Date of birth: 21 February 1801

Date of death: 11 August 1890

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Critic

Gender: Male

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19th-century British cardinals 6T

Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII 148T

Augustinian philosophers 13T
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Henry Morse

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Henry Morse (1595 – 1 February 1645) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Date of birth: 1595

Date of death: 1 February 1645

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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People from Brome, Suffolk 7T

17th-century English Roman Catholic priests 75T

16th-century English Roman Catholic priests 210T
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Elisabeth Hesselblad

Swedish nurse and religious foundress

Overview: Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad (4 June 1870 – 24 April 1957), was a Swedish nurse who was a convert to the Catholic Church and founded a new form of life of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters ...

Date of birth: 4 June 1870

Date of death: 24 April 1957

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Nurse

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Bridgettine saints 4T

Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 362T

Canonizations by Pope Francis 64T
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Alexander Briant

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Alexander Briant (17 August 1556 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.

Date of birth: 17 August 1556

Date of death: 1 December 1581

Age: 25 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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16th-century English Jesuits 50T

Executed people from Somerset 5T

People executed under Elizabeth I 62T
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Ambrose Barlow

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Ambrose Edward Barlow, O.S.B. (1585 – 10 September 1641) was an English Benedictine monk who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He is one of a group of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI who ...

Date of birth: 1585

Date of death: 10 September 1641

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Clergy from Manchester 40T

17th-century English Roman Catholic priests 75T

People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering 53T
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Henry Walpole

English Jesuit martyr who was executed

Overview: Henry Walpole (1558 – 7 April 1595) was an English Jesuit martyr, executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy.

Date of birth: 1558

Date of death: 7 April 1595

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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People from Docking, Norfolk 6T

16th-century English Jesuits 50T

People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering 72T
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Ralph Sherwin

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Sherwin (25 October 1550 – 1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed in 1581. He is a Catholic martyr and saint.

Date of birth: 19 October 1550

Date of death: 1 December 1581

Age: 31 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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16th-century English Anglican priests 206T

16th-century English Roman Catholic priests 210T

Anglican priest converts to Roman Catholicism 88T
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Richard Gwyn (martyr)

Welsh Catholic martyr and bard

Overview: Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a Bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry ...

Date of birth: 1537

Date of death: 15 October 1584

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Poet

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Eustace White

English saint and martyr

Overview: Eustace White (1559 - 1591) was a Catholic priest. Due to his service he was put on trial in December 1591 and subsequently hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn on 10 December 1591, along with another ...

Date of birth: 1559

Date of death: 1591

Age: 31 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Alban Roe

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Alban Roe (20 July 1583 – 21 January 1642) was an English Benedictine priest, remembered as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Date of birth: 20 July 1583

Date of death: 21 January 1642

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Clergy from Bury St Edmunds 15T

17th-century English Roman Catholic priests 94T

Canonizations by Pope Paul VI 42T
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Luke Kirby

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Luke Kirby (also spelled Kirbie c. 1549 – 30 May 1582) was an English Catholic priest and martyr from the North of England, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was is one of the Forty Martyrs ...

Date of birth: 1549

Date of death: 1582

Age: 32 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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16th-century English Roman Catholic priests 224T

People executed under Elizabeth I 63T

People executed under the Tudors for treason against England 101T
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John Boste

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: John Boste (c. 1544 – 24 July 1594) is a saint in the Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Date of birth: 1544

Date of death: 24 July 1594

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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16th-century English Roman Catholic priests 224T

People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering 73T

Executed people from Cumbria 8T
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Cuthbert Mayne

English Roman Catholic priest

Overview: Cuthbert Mayne (c. 1543–29 November 1577) was an English Roman Catholic priest executed under the laws of Elizabeth I. He was the first of the seminary priests, trained on the Continent, to be martyred ...

Date of birth: 1544

Date of death: 29 November 1577

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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16th-century English Roman Catholic priests 210T

People educated at Barnstaple Grammar School 12T

Canonizations by Pope Paul VI 41T
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John Ogilvie (saint)

16th and 17th-century Scottish Jesuit saint and martyr

Overview: John Ogilvie (1580 – 10 March 1615) was a Scottish Jesuit martyr. For his work as a priest in service to a persecuted Roman Catholic community in 17th century Scotland, and in being hanged for his faith ...

Date of birth: 1579

Date of death: 10 March 1615

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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Scottish martyrs 10T

Palacký University Olomouc alumni 59T

Canonizations by Pope Paul VI 41T
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Edmund Campion

16th-century English Jesuit priest, martyr and saint

Overview: Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 1540 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1540

Date of death: 1 December 1581

Age: 41 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

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Jesuits from London 11T

Anglican clergy from London 92T

16th-century English Anglican priests 206T
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Edmund Gennings

English Roman Catholic saint

Overview: Edmund Gennings (1567 – 10 December 1591), was an English martyr, who was executed during the English Reformation for being a Roman Catholic priest. He came from Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Date of birth: 1567

Date of death: 10 December 1591

Age: 24 (age at death)

Nationality: British

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16th-century English Roman Catholic priests 210T

People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering 72T

Executed people from Staffordshire 9T