BL. JOHN EYNON, PRIEST AND MARTYR

BL. JOHN EYNON, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 15 NOVEMBER

BLESSED JOHN EYNON, PRIEST AND MARTYR

John Eynon [or Onyon] was a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict who acted as the pastor of the parish of St Giles in Reading, England. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII, Eynon refused to surrender the parish to the King's authorities and was accused of high treason. He was executed on November 15, 1539 at the gateway to Reading Abbey, along with Hugh Faringdon and

John Rugg. Fr John Rugg was a prebendary at Chichester, but had retired to live at Reading Abbey. All three men were declared to be martyrs and beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1895.

John Eynon is commemorated by a carved wooden plaque in St Giles' Church, now a Church of England parish church, and by a stained glass window in St James' Church, the Roman Catholic parish church that occupies part of the footprint of the now ruined Reading Abbey. He is also depicted on the painting now in the collection of the Museum of Reading, "The Martyrdom of Hugh Faringdon, last Abbot of Reading", painted by Harry Morley in 1917.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eynon

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr John confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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