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October 25 Forty English & Welsh Martyrs. apostleshipofprayer The Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation are men and women who died for the Roman Catholic faith in the years of persecution between …More
October 25 Forty English & Welsh Martyrs.
apostleshipofprayer The Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation are men and women who died for the Roman Catholic faith in the years of persecution between 1534 and 1680. A certain number of them have officially been recognised as martyrs by the Catholic Church.
Catholics in England and Wales were executed under treason laws. On 25 February 1570 Pope Pius V's "Regnans in Excelsis" bull excommunicated both the English Queen Elizabeth I and any who obeyed her. This papal bull also required all Roman Catholics to rebel against the English Crown as a matter of faith. In response in 1571 legislation was enacted making it treasonable to be under the authority of the Pope, including being a Jesuit, being Roman Catholic or harbouring a Catholic priest. The standard penalty for all those convicted of treason at the time was execution by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
As early as the reign of Pope Gregory XIII (1572–85), authorisation was …More
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