Martyrs of England and Wales

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 20, 2022

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 27, 2021

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 27, 2021

November 9 – Executed in Oxford, buried with the Templars

November 8, 2021

November 2 – His mother celebrated his death as if it were a wedding

November 1, 2021

October 29 – One of the Martyrs of Douai

October 28, 2021

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 21, 2021

October 25 – St. Cuthbert Mayne

October 21, 2021

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 18, 2021

October 12 – Martyr King

October 11, 2021

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 9, 2021

August 22 – Blessed John Wall

August 19, 2021

August 7 – Octogenarian martyr

August 5, 2021

August 4 – Carthusian Martyrs: The Lone Survivor

August 2, 2021

July 12 – Thomas Tunstall

July 8, 2021

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 5, 2021

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

June 28, 2021

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 31, 2021

May 22 – Queen’s Confessor

May 20, 2021

May 15 – Palms on Palm Sunday lead to his cruel martyrdom

May 13, 2021

May 9 – Known personally to the King, he was falsely accused of conspiring to murder him

May 6, 2021

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

May 3, 2021

April 26 – His ears were nailed to the pillory

April 22, 2021

April 20 – “I beg your Lordship…that my lips and…fingers may be cut off…”

April 19, 2021

April 20 – Blessed John Finch

April 19, 2021

April 17 – Martyred at Tyburn

April 15, 2021

March 28 – He refused life and liberty at the price of conformity

March 25, 2021

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 18, 2021

March 7 – Last cruelties of Henry VIII

March 4, 2021

March 4 – “Your Honor, was St. Augustine also a traitor?”

March 1, 2021

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 25, 2021

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 28, 2020

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 28, 2020

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 2, 2020

July 1 – Condemned to death for promoting the Catholic faith, he responded “Deo gratias”

June 29, 2020

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

June 29, 2020

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 24, 2020

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 24, 2020

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 29, 2018

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 29, 2018

December 1 – The Queen bade him ask for what he would

November 29, 2018

August 7 – Octogenarian martyr

August 6, 2018

August 7 – Three martyrs of Lancaster

August 6, 2018

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