Repost for Lent 1594. ANDREW STRICH

(From Rothe’s Analecta, p. 387)Commemorate 10th January, date of appointment in 2013 of Bishop of Limerick Brendan LeahyHE was a Limerick priest. He studied the sacred sciences in Paris, and then returned to Ireland to labour for the salvation of souls, and discharged that duty with great zeal for many years. At length he was seized by the heretics, taken to Dublin, and thrown into prison. He ended his life happily therein, about the year mentioned above.Bruodin says he was imprisoned in Dublin Castle in 1594, with George Power and Bernard Moriarty, and died there.See also Copinger, Molanus, and BruodinPlease pray for final perseverance for all of us!May the martyrs of old inspire us all.