BL. JOHN TALBOT, MARTYR

BL. JOHN TALBOT, MARTYR - 9 AUGUST

BLESSED JOHN TALBOT, MARTYR

John Talbot, from North Yorkshire, was present at prayer with the priest, Fr Thomas Palasor, John Norton and several companions at a house in Lamesley, Gateshead when he was arrested in 1600. It was Talbot who tried to prevent the arrest of the priest. For this, he too was later sentenced as a traitor.

Talbot was imprisoned and confined in a dungeon and shortly thereafter, sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered for the crime of harbouring a Catholic priest. On Wednesday August 9, 1600, Talbot was brought, together with Fr Thomas Palasor and John Norton, to the gallows site in Durham, on the crest of the hill at the north side of Durham City. He was given the chance to save his life if he would renounce the Catholic faith and attend the government enforced Protestant services - he did not waver, however, and remained a faithful Catholic to the very end. Talbot was tortured on the rack, hanged until not quite dead, then disembowelled, before being beheaded.

John Norton was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 22, 1987, as part of the martyr group George Haydock and Companions.

Source:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Talbot_(martyr)

⬅️ 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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