English Speaking Saints And Martyrs

St. Luke Kirby, Roman Catholic English Martyr, imprisoned in the Tower of London and subjected to the infamous device “Scavenger’s Daughter.” a hideous form of torture executed at Tyburn. Feastday May 30

Bl. Lawrence Richardson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr executed at Tyburn . Feastday May 30

Bl. William Filby, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr executed at Tyburn with three companions on May 30. Feastday May 30

Bl. Maurus Scott Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn with Blessed Richard Newport. Feastday May 30

Bl. Richard Newport, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday May 30

Bl. Thomas Cottam, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr executed at Tyburn with three companions on May 30.

Bl. Margaret Pole, Roman Catholic English Martyr, imprisoned in the Tower of London for two years and then beheaded on May 28. She was never given a legal trial and was seventy years old when martyred. Feastday May 28

Bl. John Shert, Roman Catholic Priest English Martyr, martyred at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday May28

Bl. Robert Johnson, Roman Catholic Priest English Martyr, martyred at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday May28

Bl. Thomas Ford, Roman Catholic Priest English Martyr, martyred on May 28 at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered.Feastday May28

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Blessed Margaret Pole, pray for us! : Blessed Margaret Pole, beatified in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII with 53 other martyrs, was beheaded on May 27, 1541. EWTN posts this  biography ...

23 May St William of Rochester in Kent

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St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury, Roman Catholic Queen and mother of Kings Edwy of the Saxons and Edgar, King of England, and wife of Edmund the First. She gave up public life and became a Benedictine nun at Shaftesbury.

English Historical Fiction Authors: Who was Robert Catesby? A look at the real Man Be... : by Linda Root Why May and not November? One would expect a post about the mastermind behind the Gunpowder Treason to appear on Nov...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Agnes Tilney Howard Leaves the Tower : The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, Agnes Tilney Howard, was freed from the Tower of London on May 5, 1542, even though she had been found gui...

Bl. John Haile, Roman Catholic English Priest and Martyr a companion in death of St. John Houghton at Tyburn. He was an elderly secular priest, the vicar of Isleworth, Middlesex, when he was arrested by King Henry VIII’s men. John was executed at Tyburn. Feastday may5

Bl. Carthusian Martyrs, English monks of the Carthusian Order put to death by King Henry VIII because of their continued allegiance to the pope and the authority of the Holy See. Feastday May 4

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Preparation for the Feast of the English Martyrs : Although this Feast is only celebrated in the dioceses of England on the Fourth of May, I always highlight it here and with an interview o...