English Speaking Saints And Martyrs

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Filcock, and Barkworth, and Line: Three Martyrs at... : St. Anne Line was hung and then Blessed Mark Barkworth, OSB and Blessed Roger Filcock were hung, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on February ...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: From Candlemas to Execution: St. Anne and Three Pr... : There is a rich story here of martyrdom, the relationships between Recusant Catholic laity and priests, and of love and sacrifice. Altho...

Bl. Mark Barkworth - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Mark Barkworth, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was the first English Benedictine martyr. With Father Richard Filcock he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday February 27

St. Anne Line - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Anne Line, Roman Catholic Laywoman and English Martyr. She hid Catholic priests in a London safe house. In this endeavor she aided Jesuit Father John Gerard until her arrest. Anne was hanged at Tyburn. Feastday Feb.27

Kent: Mass for anniversary of Saint Ethelbert at Shrine of St Augustine - Independent Catholic News : The 1,400th anniversary of the death of King Ethelbert will be marked on Tuesday 23rd February with a Mass at the Shrine of St Augustine, Ramsgate. The Mass will be at 7pm. All are welcome. King Ethelbert was King of Kent and principal monarch in England at the turn of the seventh century. He co-founded Canterbury Cathedral with St Augustine of Canterbury. He welcomed St Augustine when he arrived in 597AD from Rome, and converted to Christianity soon after. He promulgated the first written laws in England, and encouraged education and learning.

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: St. Robert Southwell on the Son Rise Morning Show : I'll be on the Son Rise Morning Show tomorrow morning to talk about one of the most amazing martyrs of the Forty Martyrs of England an...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: February 21: Southwell and Newman : What a remarkable doctrine of the Church is the Communion of Saints! Two great holy men were born this day--one to eternal life, the other...

21 February - Saint Robert Southwell - Independent Catholic News : Martyr, Jesuit priest, poet. St Robert was born in Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, in 1561 and spent much of his childhood in Sussex. He studied at Douai and Paris and wanted to be a priest from his earliest youth. In 1578, when he was barely 17, he was admitted to the Jesuit novitiate in Rome. After his ordination in 1584 he was appointed prefect of studies at the English College.

18th February - Saint Colman of Lindisfarne - Independent Catholic News : Bishop. Born in Ireland, Colman became a monk at Iona and succeeded St Fintan as bishop of Lindisfarne. Bede gives a glowing account of Lindisfarne under Colman's rule, which took place from 661- 664. He emphasised the example of frugality and simplicity of living set by the bishop, and the complete devotion of the clergy to the work of preaching the Gospel and ministering to their people.

Bl. Thomas Hemerford - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Hemerford, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Condemned for being a priest was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday February 12

Bl. William Richardson - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Richardson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, executed at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. He was the last martyr in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603). Feastday February 7.

Bl. John Speed - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Speed, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. He was executed at Durham for befriending Catholic priests. Feastday Feb.4

St. John Stone - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. John Stone, Roman Catholic Augustinian friar and English Martyr, He was a friar at Canterbury who denied the Supremacy Act of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and was arrested and executed by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Canterbury. Feastday February 4

Bl. John Nelson - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Nelson, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. He was arrested in London and martyred at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday February 3

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Blessed John Nelson, SJ and the Trees of Tyburn : According to the Jesuit Curia in Rome, today's martyr was not only a late vocation to the priesthood (after age 40) but a late join...