A decree issued by Pope Francis said Father Ignatius Spencer lived a life of 'heroic virtue'. Englishman Father Spencer, who was born George Spencer in 1799, now needs two miracles attributed to him if he is to be made a saint. Father Spencer, who is buried in the church of St Anne and Blessed Dominic in St Helens, Warrington, was the great, great, great uncle of William and Harry's late mother, Princess Diana. The most recent English person to reach the status of sainthood was Cardinal Sir John Henry Newman, who was canonised in 2019. A priest related to Princes William and Harry has been moved a step closer to sainthood by the Pope