Anne Line
Anne Line (c. 1563 – 27 February 1601) was an English Catholic martyr. After losing her husband, she became very active in sheltering clandestine Catholic priests, which was illegal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Finally arrested, she was condemned to death and executed at Tyburn. The Catholic Church declared her a martyr, and Pope Paul VI canonised her in 1970.
Patron saint of childless people; converts; widows
In the Martyrology
- February 27 Saint Anne Line, widow, Blesseds Mark Barkworth (Lambert), Benedictine priest, and Roger Filcock (Nayler), Jesuit priest, martyrs of England