About Stephen Rowsham
Lived 1555 – 1587 (aged 31–32). Stephen Rowsham was a catholic priest.
Stephen Rowsham (Rousham, Rouse) was an English Catholic priest, executed on 3 April 1587. He is a Catholic martyr, and was beatified by Pope John Paul in 1987.
Life
A native of Oxfordshire, born c. 1555, he entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1572. He took orders in the English Church, and was Vicar at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford about 1578.
Becoming convinced of the truth of the Catholic religion he entered the English College
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Who was Stephen Rowsham?
English priest
When was Stephen Rowsham born?
Stephen Rowsham was born in 1555 in England, Oxfordshire.
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Stephen Rowsham died on 3 April 1587 in England, Gloucester.
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Stephen Rowsham was a catholic priest.
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