The Manly Saints Project

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Blessed James Fenn

Blessed James Fenn

The priest, the pirates and the spymaster

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Hugh Hunter
Feb 11, 2023
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Blessed James Fenn
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Join me today to meet a man who followed his strange destiny to prison to witness to murderers and pirates.

Portrait of a Seated Man, possibly a priest, by Cornelis Visscher, 18th century (Source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)

Name: James Fenn

Life: 1540s - 1584

Status: Blessed

Feast: February 12

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