Ambrose Barlow

Ambrose Edward Barlow, O.S.B., was an English Benedictine monk who is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of a group of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI who became known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Ambrose was born at Barlow Hall, ChorltoncumHardy, near Manchester in 1585. He was the fourth son of the nobleman Sir Alexander Barlow and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Uryan Brereton. The Barlow family had been reluctant converts to the Church of England following the suppression of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. Ambroses grandfather died in 1584 whilst imprisoned for his beliefs and Sir Alexander Barlow had two thirds of his estate confiscated as a result of his refusing to conform with the rules of the new established religion. OnNovember 1585, Ambrose was baptised at Didsbury Chapel and his baptism entry reads Edwarde legal sonne of Alex Barlowe gent 30. Ambrose went on to adhere to the Anglican faith until 1607, when he converted to Roman Catholicism.

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