Bl. John Shert

Bl. John Shert
Bl. John Shert
    Blessed John Shert
     Catholic_Encyclopedia Blessed John Shert
    A native of Cheshire; took the degree of B.A. at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1566. Successively schoolmaster in London, and servant to Dr. Thomas Stapleton at Douai, he entered the seminary in 1576, and was ordained subdeacon. He was ordained priest from the English College, Rome, of which he was the senior of the first six scholars. He left Reims for England 27 August, 1579, and was sent to the Tower 14 July 1581.
    (See also THOMAS FORD and ROBERT JOHNSON.)
    JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT
    Transcribed by Marie Jutras

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


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