In Christian tradition, there is no recognized saint named Ashley. The process of canonization, or declaring someone a saint, involves a thorough investigation into the individual's life and works. While there may be individuals named Ashley who are revered for their piety or good deeds, they have not been officially recognized as saints by the Catholic Church.
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Ralph Ashley d.1606, martyr. An Englishman, he served as cook at Douai College, went to Valladolid, Spain in 1590, became a Jesuit lay brother and returned to England in 1598. He served and was captured in 1604 with Fr. Edward Oldcorne. He was frightfully tortured during two years of imprisonment in the Tower of London then was executed at Worchester on Apr. 7. He was beatified in 1929.
The only Ashley I can find is Blessed Ralph Ashley who was hanged, drawn, and quartered on April 7, 1607, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, during the Catholic persecutions. He is not yet a saint so has no patronages assigned to him. For more information see the link below.
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It was the Benedictines who brought Christianity to Flanders in the 600s.[vi] Their monastery at Tourhout (often mistranscribed as “Tourholt”) sent forth a stream of missionaries to the Viking settlements across Scandinavia.[vii] The first of these, St. Ansgar, became the first Archbishop of Bremen – a diocese that explicitly included (when it was established in the mid-9th century) Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland
There is no saint named Ashley with the exception of Blessed Ralph Ashley who was a martyr during the Catholic persecutions in the 16th in England.
There is no Saint Ashley. However, there is a Blessed Ralph Ashley. He was a martyr during the religious persecutions in Englanf during the Protestant Revolt.