Joan Alleyn Religious Art 225 - 258) was one

225 - 258) was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258 AD

in secret and against the wishes of his family

at twelve and at two)

Formerly catalogued as a female saint (Veronica

nevertheless

Joan Alleyn Religious Art 225 - 258) was oneJoan Woodward (c. 1573 1623), step daughter of the theatrical manager Philip Henslowe, married in 1592 Edward Alleyn as his first wife. She was burried in the old chapel at Dulwich with a stone inscribed: 'Here lyeth in Hope of Resurrection, the Body of Joane, the religious and loving wife of Edward Alleyn Esqr. Founder of this Colledge, who departed this mortal Life the 28th of June 1623, being in the 51 year of Her Age.'