Drawn and Quartered

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 8, 2022

August 11 – Martyred with a rusty and ragged knife

August 8, 2022

August 7 – Octogenarian martyr

August 4, 2022

August 4 – Carthusian Martyrs: The Lone Survivor

August 1, 2022

June 30 – Philip Powel

June 27, 2022

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

May 12, 2022

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

May 5, 2022

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

May 2, 2022

April 11 – Convicted for being a priest

April 7, 2022

April 7 – Ven. Edward Oldcorne and his servant

April 4, 2022

April 7 – Ven. Henry Walpole

April 4, 2022

March 23 – Edmund Sykes

March 21, 2022

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 17, 2022

February 27 – “Which of you Gospellers can show such a knee?”

February 24, 2022

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 17, 2022

February 15 – One of his last utterances was a prayer for the queen

February 14, 2022

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 22, 2021

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

May 13, 2021

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

May 3, 2021

March 10 – “I want no prayers from heretics!”

March 8, 2021

February 3 – His crime was to call the queen a schismatic

February 1, 2021

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 23, 2020

August 4 – Carthusian Martyrs: The Lone Survivor

August 3, 2020

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 23, 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

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

May 14, 2020

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

April 30, 2020

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 19, 2020

March 10 – “I want no prayers from heretics!”

March 9, 2020

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 24, 2020

February 27 – “Which of you Gospellers can show such a knee?”

February 24, 2020

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 20, 2020

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 17, 2020

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 28, 2019

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

November 28, 2019

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 21, 2019

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

October 31, 2019

October 25 – St. Cuthbert Mayne

October 24, 2019

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 21, 2019

August 8 – He gloried in his crime

August 5, 2019

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

May 13, 2019

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

May 6, 2019

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 18, 2019

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 21, 2019

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 22, 2018

August 22 – Blessed John Wall

August 20, 2018

August 8 – He gloried in his crime

August 6, 2018

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 23, 2018

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

May 7, 2018

April 11 – Convicted for being a priest

April 9, 2018

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

March 1, 2018

February 3 – His crime was to call the queen a schismatic

February 1, 2018

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

January 29, 2018

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 30, 2017

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

November 30, 2017

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 23, 2017

July 26 – Blessed John Ingram

July 24, 2017

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 20, 2017

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

April 17, 2017

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