John Finglow
Venerated English priest
Who they were
John Fingley, born near Howden in Yorkshire, was ordained at Reims in 1581 and sent to England, where he worked in the north.
Seized and held in hard conditions at York, he was condemned for being a priest and reconciling people to the Catholic faith, and executed at York on 8 August 1586.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest of the north who died for reconciling souls to the Faith.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - John Finglow
- Wikidata Q6233148 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Finglow (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.