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40 MARTYRS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 4th of May

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40 MARTYRS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

St Margaret Clitherow's Martyrdom

➡️ The 85 Martyrs of England and Wales - List of their Names

FEAST DAY: MAY 4 (FORMERLY OCTOBER 25)

The English Martyrs are those English Catholics who suffered death for the faith from the time of Henry VIII’s divorce and his breach with Rome in the early 1530s. They were a very disparate group of people – many were priests executed for saying Mass, others laity who helped them, or simply refused to deny their faith under persecution. They came from all classes of society, rich and poor, educated and unlettered; but they were alike in placing their faith above any material advantage, and indeed valuing it more than life itself. Their witness to Christ is one of the glories of the Church in England.

THE LIST OF THESE HOLY MARTYRS:

(Some links are yet to be added. For the time being, please paste the holy martyr's name into this blog's search facility. Thank you.)

Saints John Almond, Edmund Arrowsmith, Ambrose Edward Barlow, John Boste, Alexander Briant, Edmund Campion, Margaret Clitherow, Philip Evans, Thomas Garnet, Edmund Gennings, Richard Gwyn (White), John Houghton, Philip Howard, John Jones, John Kemble, Luke Kirby, Robert Lawrence, David Lewis, Anne Line, John Lloyd, Cuthbert Mayne, Henry Morse, Nicholas Owen, John Payne, Polydore Plasden, John Plessington, Richard Reynolds, John Rigby, John Roberts, Alban Roe, Ralph Sherwin, Robert Southwell, John Southworth, John Stone, John Wall, Henry Walpole, Margaret Ward, Augustine Webster, Swithun Wells, Eustace White 

➡️ More Information About the Holy Martyrs


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