Mary Allen
History of the Martyrs’ Cause on the 50th anniversary of the Forty Martyrs’ Canonisation
[Credit: Vatican Photo Service] This year, Sunday 25 October marked the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the Forty Martyrs of...
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Rebecca Somerset
Jun 21, 20204 min read
Jesuit Portraits from our Art Collection
Back in 2016 we reported on the redevelopment of the Archives following the introduction of rolling stacks to create more and improved...
Mary Allen
May 20, 20184 min read
St Aloysius' Church, Oxford
145 years ago, on the 20th of May 1873, Oscar Wilde and a companion were among a large crowd that watched as Dr William Bernard...
Mary Allen
Feb 19, 20184 min read
Robert Southwell's Hundred Meditations of the Love of God
St Robert Southwell SJ (1561-1595), whose feast day is celebrated 21 February, is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised...
Mary Allen
Oct 30, 20173 min read
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
As the UK prepares for the annual Bonfire Night celebrations, the BBC will be airing the final episode of its ‘explosive’ three-part...
Mary Allen
Apr 10, 20162 min read
Relics
The Archives hold perhaps hundreds of relics, authenticated and non-authenticated, wrapped up in tiny parcels or housed in reliquaries of...
Mary Allen
Mar 14, 20163 min read
Cataloguing the Papers of the Cause of the Holy Martyrs
Since the closure of the Office of the Vice-Postulators at 114 Mount St c1984 the Archives have been the home of its records, although...
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