| 词条 | Nicholas Postgate |
| 释义 |
|name = Nicholas Postgate |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = 1596 |birth_place = Egton, North Yorkshire |death_date = 7 August 1679 |death_place = York, England[1] |death_cause = Hanged, disembowelled and quartered |resting_place = various: Egton Bridge, Ampleforth Abbey, Pickering |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = Ugthorpe |nationality = English |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = Martyr of the Moors[1] The Good Samaritan of the Moors[2] |known_for = 17th century Catholic martyr |education = English College, Douai, France |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = Catholic priest |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |parents = |relations = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }}Blessed Nicholas Postgate (1596 or 1597 – 7 August 1679) was an English Catholic priest who was executed on the Knavesmire in York on the 6 August 1679 as part of the anti-Catholic persecution that was sweeping England at that time. He is one of the 85 English Catholic Martyrs of England and Wales, beatified by Pope John Paul II, in November 1987.[3] Early life and priesthoodPostgate was born at Kirkdale House, Egton, Yorkshire, England. He entered Douay College, in France, 11 July 1621.[5] He took the college oath on 12 March 1623, received minor orders, 23 December 1624, the subdiaconate, 18 December 1627, the diaconate, 18 March 1628, and the priesthood two days later.[5] He was sent to the mission on 29 June 1630, and worked in England for the Catholic religion, finally settling back to Ugthorpe, not far from his birthplace, in the 1660s.[4] His parish, which was known by the extinct name of Blackamoor,[2] extended between Guisborough, Pickering and Scarborough.[3] Thomas Ward, who later wrote about him, knew him well.[5] Background to arrestAlthough anti-Catholic feeling in England had subsided a good deal at that time, it flared up again due to the fake Popish Plot of 1678; this followed a false testimony from Titus Oates in which he claimed there was a conspiracy to install a Catholic king, and he managed to ferment a renewed and fierce persecution of English Catholics. It was to be the last time that Catholics were put to death in England for their faith; one of the last victims - but not the very last - was Nicholas Postgate.[6] During the panic engineered by Oates, a prominent Protestant magistrate in London, Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, was murdered and Oates loudly blamed the Catholics; Sir Edmund's manservant, John Reeves, set out to get his revenge. For reasons which are not clear, he decided to base his actions in the Whitby area, possibly because he knew that priests arrived there from France. The arrest and execution of Nicholas PostgateNicholas Postgate was apprehended by the exciseman Reeves, while carrying out a baptism at the house of Matthew Lyth, Little Beck, near Whitby. Reeves, with a colleague called William Cockerill, raided the house during the ceremony and caught the priest, then aged 82. Father Postgate was condemned under 27 Elizabeth, c. 2, for being a priest.[7] He was hanged, disembowelled and quartered at York, His quarters were given to his friends and interred. One of the hands was sent to Douay College.[8] Reeves was listed in a treasury book as having been paid 22 shillings for his apprehension of Postgate[9] but some believe he did not receive the money before he committed suicide by drowning.[5] Nicholas Postgate's legacyHis portable altar stone hangs at the front of the altar at Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Pickering, where it is now venerated.[10] Every year since 1974 an open-air service has been held – alternately in Egton Bridge and Ugthorpe – in honour of Fr Postgate.[3] The pub in Egton Bridge is called 'The Postgate" in his honour.[11] Since the name is uncommon, he is probably related to the Postgate family who had many notable members from the 19th century onwards. The Postgate Society aims to spread knowledge of Nicholas Postgate and promote interest in Catholic history during penal times. References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Rychlikova|first1=Megi|title=Catholic martyrs remembered at ceremony in York|url=http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/9837418.Catholic_martyrs_remembered_at_ceremony_in_York/|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=Gazette & Herald|date=25 July 2012|language=en}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Is history of martyr of the moors wrong?|url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/is-history-of-martyr-of-the-moors-wrong-1-6585723|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=The Whitby Gazette|date=29 April 2014|language=en}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Campaign to name saint gathers pace|url=http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/777979.Campaign_to_name_saint_gathers_pace/|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=Gazette & Herald|date=1 June 2006|language=en}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=The life of Nicholas Postgate|url=http://www.postgatesociety.co.uk/history.html|website=Postgate Society|accessdate=20 March 2017}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Peacock|first1=Edward|title=A list of the Roman Catholics in the county of York in 1604|date=1872|publisher=John Camden Hotten|location=London|page=99|oclc=5466883 }} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Pilgrims head to the moors|url=http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/11328406.Pilgrims_head_to_the_moors/|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=Gazette & Herald|date=9 July 2014|language=en}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=In Father Postgate's steps|url=http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/6665873.In_Father_Postgate_s_steps/|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=Gazette & Herald|date=29 July 2002|language=en}} 8. ^Gazette & Herald, Newsquest York - In Father Postgate's steps 9. ^{{cite web|title=Entry Book: May 1679, 1-10 {{!}} British History Online|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-treasury-books/vol6/pp40-54|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|accessdate=20 March 2017|language=en}} 10. ^St Joseph's, Pickering, Where the lamp is flickering (website): History 11. ^{{cite news|title=Social reformer nominated as 'heroine'|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/social-reformer-nominated-as-heroine-1-2513525|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=1 September 2008|language=en}}
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