Forty martyrs from England and Wales

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The martyrdom of the Carthusians at the place of execution in Tyburn. Cycle of pictures by Vicente Carducho in the Monastery of El Paular (around 1576–1638)

As Forty Martyrs of England and Wales , a group of is holy referred to in the Roman Catholic Church are worshiped. Because of their refusal to take the oath on Henry VIII's act of supremacy, Henry hanged, disemboweled, and quartered many of them between 1535 and 1540 ; others suffered martyrdom in other ways. Among the martyrs in 1537 was the convent of the Charterhouse of London with its prior and the priors of the Carthusians of Beauvale and Axelhome, a total of eighteen monks .

In 1970 Pope Paul VI spoke . the forty martyrs of England and Wales holy . Her feast day in the liturgy was initially October 25th; today she is commemorated on the feast of the eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales on May 4th . The Welsh regional calendar also includes the feast day of the six Welsh martyrs and their companions (Philip Evans and John Lloyd, John Jones, David Lewis, John Roberts and their teacher Richard Gwyn). The Sisters of Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre in the Monastery of Tyburn are particularly committed to preserving the memory of the martyrs of England and Wales .

List of martyrs

Many of the martyrs died at the
Tyburn execution site

More martyrs

The former Lord Chancellor Thomas More and the Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, John Fisher , suffered martyrdom by beheading also because of the refusal to take the oath on the act of supremacy . She will be remembered at her own festival on June 22nd.

Web links

Commons : Forty Martyrs of England and Wales  - Collection of images, videos and audio files