October 25 – Memorial of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Many of Them Nobles

October 24, 2016

Martyrdom of St John Houghton & companions. Detail from a window in St. Dominic's priory church in London.

February 1 – Immediately after his martyrdom, they lined up to venerate his relics

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

May 4 – They believed in the religious exemption, but only at first

May 22 – Queen’s Confessor               

June 19 – Execution of second group of those who believed in the religious exemption, but only at first

July 24 – St. John Boste

August 30 – She smuggled a priest out of prison

 

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