Brookby, Anthony

Look at other dictionaries:

• Anthony Brookby —     Anthony Brookby     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Anthony Brookby     (Or Brorbey).     Friar Minor and English martyr, died 19 July 1537. Brookby was lecturer in divinity in Magdalen College, Oxford was well versed in Greek and Hebrew, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Anthony Brookby — (Brorbey) (executed 19 July1537) was an English Franciscan theologian. He offended Henry VIII, and became a Catholic martyr. Brookby was a lecturer in theology at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was well versed in Greek and Hebrew, and enjoyed a… …   Wikipedia

• English Confessors and Marytrs (1534-1729) —     English Confessors and Martyrs (1534 1729)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► English Confessors and Martyrs (1534 1729)     Though the resistance of the English as a people to the Reformation compares very badly with the resistance offered by… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation — The Catholic martyrs of England are men and women who died for the Catholic faith in the years between 1535 and 1680. They have officially been recognized as martyrs by the Roman Catholic Church. The vast majority were executed under treason laws …   Wikipedia