Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

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death_date=1535–1679
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feast_day=October 25
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church


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canonized_date=25 October 1970
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The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of Christian martyrs who were canonized on 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI to represent the Roman Catholics martyred in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679.

ee also

*List of Catholic martyrs of England
*English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era, a Church of England commemoration-day for Roman Catholic and Church of England martyrs of the English Reformation
*Catholic Church in England and Wales
*Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales, a list of eighty-five beatified by the pope to represent those executed during the English Reformation
*Marian Persecutions‎, includes an open-ended list of people executed by Mary I of England as heretics and later venerated as martyrs in the Church of England.
*Oxford Martyrs, three English bishops executed as heretics during the Marian Persecutions‎ and later venerated as martyrs in the Church of England.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/martyr02.htm Catholic Forum: Forty Martyrs of England and Wales]
* [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/homilies/1970/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19701025_it.html Sermon of Paul VI on the occasion of the canonisation of forty martyrs from England and Wales, 25 October 1970 (largely in Italian)]


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