Priest and martyr. He was executed at Tyburn in the beginning of the year 1538, because he refused to subscribe to the ecclesiastical supremacy of Henry VIII.
Allen, John
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APA citation. A'Becket, J.J. (1907). John Allen. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322a.htm
MLA citation. A'Becket, John Joseph. "John Allen." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01322a.htm>.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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Source Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) · Letter A