Martyrs · Remembered on October 25
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales is remembered on October 25 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | October 25 |
|---|---|
| Title | Martyrs |
| Died | 1679 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
Forty men and women canonized together in 1970 from among the hundreds who died for the old faith between 1535 and 1679: Margaret Clitherow pressed to death for hiding priests, Edmund Campion the Oxford ornament, Cuthbert Mayne the proto-martyr of the seminaries, priests, mothers, schoolmasters — one cause, one crown.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. Forty Martyrs of England and Wales keeps October 25 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of October.
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