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In June 1580, he was arrested on landing at Dover, and committed to the
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A book entitled "Blessed Luke Kirby: Priest and Martyr" was written by
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Kirby was condemned on 17 November 1581, and from 2 April until the day he died, he was put in irons. With him at Tyburn died a Jesuit priest,
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Detail of a sketch of a stained glass window for Notre Dame
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419:"Five Martyrs | Jesuit Collections"
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573:Converts to Roman Catholicism
558:English College, Douai alumni
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354:Memoirs of Missionary Priests
423:www.jesuitcollections.org.uk
379:Lives of the English Martyrs
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158:martyr's palm, book of hours
16:English Roman Catholic saint
210:in September 1577 and left
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154:Attributes
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508:Biography
289:in 1970.
262:Execution
119:Canonized
106:Beatified
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