Saint Ambrose Barlow Oval Religious Medal "EXCLUSIVE"

Saint Ambrose Barlow, 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 which became known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. After his ordination into the priesthood, Ambrose returned to Barlow Hall, before taking up residence at the home of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, Morley's Hall, Astley.[3] Sir Thomas' grandmother had arranged for a pension to be made available to the priest which would enable him to carry out his priestly duties amongst the poor Catholics within his parish. From there he secretly catered for the needs of Catholic 'parishioners', offering daily Mass and reciting his Office and Rosary. To avoid detection by the Protestant authorities, he devised a four week routine in which he travelled throughout the parish for three weeks and then remained within the Hall for one week. He would often visit his cousins, the Downes, at their residence of Wardley Hall and conduct Mass for the gathered congregation. On December 15 1929, Pope Pius XI proclaimed Father Ambrose as Blessed at his Beatification ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. In recognition of the large number of British Roman Catholic martyrs who were executed during the Reformation, most during the reign of Elizabeth I, Pope Paul VI decreed that on October 25 1970 he was canonising a number of people who were to be known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of whom Ambrose was one.