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Adrian Fortescue (martyr)
1476Jul, 17

Adrian Fortescue (martyr)

Adrian Fortescue, English Roman Catholic martyr (d. 1539)
Sir Adrian Fortescue (1476 – 9 July 1539) was a courtier at the court of King Henry VIII of England who was executed in 1539 and later beatified as a Roman Catholic martyr.

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