ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of October WELCOME! BLESSED THOMAS BULLAKER, PRIEST AND MARTYR ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales [Also John Baptist] He was a Friar Minor and English martyr; he was born at Chichester about the year 1604. He died at Tyburn, October 12, 1642. He was the only son of a pious as well-to-do physician of Chichester. His parents were both fervent Catholics, and, following their example, Bullaker grew up in the ways of innocence and piety. At an early age he was sent to the English College at Saint-Omer, and from there he went to Valladolid in Spain to complete his studies. Convinced of his vocation to the Franciscan Order, after much anxious deliberation, he received the habit at Abrojo, and a few years later, in 1628, was ordained priest. Having left Spain to labour on the English mission, he landed at Plymouth, but was immediately seized and cast into prison. Liberated after two w...