English Marytrs December 5-15
St. John Almond
Feastday: December 5
1612
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of Allerton,
England, he was educated in Ireland and then at Reims and in Rome.
After his ordination in 1598, he returned to England as a missionary,
and was arrested in 1602. John was imprisoned in 1608 for a time and
arrested again in 1612. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn.
St. John Roberts
Feastday: December 9
1610
Benedictine member of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was
born in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales, and studied at Oxford. John became
a Catholic and went to Paris in 1598, Studying and becoming a
Benedictine priest in 1602. He then returned to England and aided so
many victims of the plague of 1603 that he became quite famous. He left
England for a time to establish a seminary but then returned to London.
He had many adventures until his final arrest for being a priest. With
Blessed Thomas Somers, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn.
Bl. Thomas Somers
Feastday: December 10
1610
English martyr. Born in Westmoreland, England, he worked for a time as
a schoolmaster. Leaving England, he went to Douai, France, where he
studied for the priesthood and received ordination before returning
home under the alias of Wison to assist the Catholic cause in London.
Arrested for being a priest, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at
Tyburn with Blessed John Roberts.
St. Edmund Genings
Feastday: December 10
1591
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Born in Lichfield,
England, he converted to the faith. He was ordained a priest at Reims,
France, in 1590. The following years, after working in England, he was
martyred at Gray’s Inn Fields in London.
Bl. John Mason
Feastday: December 10
1591
Martyr of England, a layman arrested for harboring St. Edmund Gennings,
priest. He was martyred at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered
with Sts. Edmund Gennings and palydore plasden. and With Blessed Sidney
Hodgson. pope Pius Xl beatified him in 1929.
St. Polydore Plasden
Feastday: December 10
1563-1591
One of the Forty Martyrs of England. A native of London, he studied for
the priesthood at Reims and Rome and was ordained in 1586. Sent to
England soon after, he worked for the reconversion of the island until
his arrest by English authorities. He was taken prisoner with St.
Edmund Genings. Polydore was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tybum.
Beatified in 1929, he was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of
the Forty Martyrs.
Bl. Thomas Holland
Feastday: December 12
1642
English martyr. Also known as Thomas Sanderson and Thomas Hammond, he
was born at Sutton, near Prescot, Lancashire, England, in 1600. Thomas
left England to study at St. Omer, France, and Valladolid, in Spain,
and entered the Jesuits after ordination in 1624. Going home, circa
1635, he worked to aid the Church in the isles for seven years until
his arrest in London. Thomas was hanged, drawn, and quartered at
Tyburn.
Feastday: December 5
1612
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of Allerton,
England, he was educated in Ireland and then at Reims and in Rome.
After his ordination in 1598, he returned to England as a missionary,
and was arrested in 1602. John was imprisoned in 1608 for a time and
arrested again in 1612. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn.
St. John Roberts
Feastday: December 9
1610
Benedictine member of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was
born in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales, and studied at Oxford. John became
a Catholic and went to Paris in 1598, Studying and becoming a
Benedictine priest in 1602. He then returned to England and aided so
many victims of the plague of 1603 that he became quite famous. He left
England for a time to establish a seminary but then returned to London.
He had many adventures until his final arrest for being a priest. With
Blessed Thomas Somers, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn.
Bl. Thomas Somers
Feastday: December 10
1610
English martyr. Born in Westmoreland, England, he worked for a time as
a schoolmaster. Leaving England, he went to Douai, France, where he
studied for the priesthood and received ordination before returning
home under the alias of Wison to assist the Catholic cause in London.
Arrested for being a priest, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at
Tyburn with Blessed John Roberts.
St. Edmund Genings
Feastday: December 10
1591
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Born in Lichfield,
England, he converted to the faith. He was ordained a priest at Reims,
France, in 1590. The following years, after working in England, he was
martyred at Gray’s Inn Fields in London.
Bl. John Mason
Feastday: December 10
1591
Martyr of England, a layman arrested for harboring St. Edmund Gennings,
priest. He was martyred at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered
with Sts. Edmund Gennings and palydore plasden. and With Blessed Sidney
Hodgson. pope Pius Xl beatified him in 1929.
St. Polydore Plasden
Feastday: December 10
1563-1591
One of the Forty Martyrs of England. A native of London, he studied for
the priesthood at Reims and Rome and was ordained in 1586. Sent to
England soon after, he worked for the reconversion of the island until
his arrest by English authorities. He was taken prisoner with St.
Edmund Genings. Polydore was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tybum.
Beatified in 1929, he was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of
the Forty Martyrs.
Bl. Thomas Holland
Feastday: December 12
1642
English martyr. Also known as Thomas Sanderson and Thomas Hammond, he
was born at Sutton, near Prescot, Lancashire, England, in 1600. Thomas
left England to study at St. Omer, France, and Valladolid, in Spain,
and entered the Jesuits after ordination in 1624. Going home, circa
1635, he worked to aid the Church in the isles for seven years until
his arrest in London. Thomas was hanged, drawn, and quartered at
Tyburn.
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