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Ralph Corbie

1598 – 1644

Irish Jesuit

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Lived 1598 – 1644 (aged 46). Ralph Corbie was an Irish catholic priest and catholic theologian.

Ralph Corbie, SJ (Corby, Corbington, at times Corrington; 25 March 1598 – 7 September 1644) was an Irish Jesuit. A victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions following the Reformation, he was beatified in 1929.

Life Corbie was born near Dublin. His parents were from Durham and returned to England when Ralph was about five years of age. He worked at Durham for about twelve years.

He was seized by the Parliamentarians at Hamsterley, 8 July 1644, when clothed in his Mass vestments, conveyed to London, and committed to Newgate Prison (22 July) with John Duckett, a secular priest. At their trial (Old Bailey, 4 September), they both admitted their priesthood, were condemned to death. Corbie was a Jesuit and the Society tried to save him. When the pardon finally arrived, Corbie insisted that Duckett use it, since he was younger. But John refused. Both were condemned to death. and executed at Tyburn, 7 September. He was hung until dead, then disemboweled and quartered.

Stonyhurst has a relic of Father Corbie.

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Irish Jesuit

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Ralph Corbie was born on 25 March 1598 in Maynooth.

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Ralph Corbie died on 7 September 1644 in Tyburn.

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Ralph Corbie was a catholic priest and catholic theologian.

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· Wikipedia: Ralph Corbie

· Wikidata: Q1526338

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