English Speaking Saints And Martyrs

Bl. James Claxton - Saints Bl. James Claxton, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Isleworth. Feastday Mar.28

St. Margaret Clitherow - Saints St. Margaret Clitherow, Roman Catholic English Martyr. She was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John Clitherow, a well-to-do grazier and butcher (to whom she bore two children), and a few years later entered the Catholic Church. Her zeal led her to harbor fugitive priests, for which she was arrested and imprisoned by hostile authorities. Recourse was had to every means in an attempt to make her deny her Faith, but the holy woman stood firm. Finally, she was condemned to be pressed to death on March 25, 1586. She was stretched out on the ground with a sharp rock on her back and crushed under a door over laden with unbearable weights. Her bones were broken and she died within fifteen minutes. Her feast day is March 26th.

Bl. James Bird - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. James Bird, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Winchester. Feastday March 25

St. Nicholas Owen - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Nicholas Owen, Roman Catholic Jesuit lay brother and English Martyr. He died from vicious torture in the tower of London. Feastday Mar.22

St. Edward the Martyr - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Edward the Martyr, Roman Catholic  English King. Edward ruled only three years when he was murdered. Feastday March 18

Bl. John Amias - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Amias, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, Feastday March 16

Bl. John Amias - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Amias, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, Feastday March 16

Bl. Robert Dalby - Saints Bl. Robert Dalby, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. A Protestant minister before he converted to Catholicism and left England to become a priest. he was arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York. Feastday Mar.16

Bl. William Hart - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Hart, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York. Feastday Mar.15

Bl. John Larke - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Larke, Roman Catholic English Martyr and priest. John Larke served as a pastor in Bishopgate, Woodford, Essex, and then Chelsea until his arrest for opposing the religious supremacy of King Henry VIII of England . He was executed at Tybum with John Ireland and Jermyn Gardiner. His longtime patron was St. Thomas More. Feastday Mar.7