- Catholic Encyclopedia - John Finch, a layman, apparently raised Anglican. As a young man he converted to Catholicism, married, served as a catechist, and made his home a center of missionary activity. Captured, he was tortured and imprisoned for three years before being martyred in 1584.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/06076b.htm
- For All the Saints - Brief biography of Bl. James Bell and Bl. John Finch, companions in martyrdom, both beatified in 1929.
users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0420.htm#jame
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