Martyr · August 22
St. John Kemble
John Kemble was an English Catholic priest killed by the crown due to his ministry. He was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Martyr · July 19
St. John Plessington
John Plessington, also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick and William Pleasington, was an English Catholic priest who was executed by the English Crown for violating the ban on the presence of Catholic priests in the kingdom.
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Martyr · June 21
St. John Rigby
John Rigby was an English Roman Catholic layman who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Martyr · December 10
St. John Roberts
John Roberts, OSB was a Welsh Benedictine monk and priest, and was the first prior of St. Gregory's, Douai, France.
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Martyr · June 3
St. Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe
Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe was a Ugandan Catholic martyr and the majordomo at the court of Mwanga II of Buganda, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Martyr · September 19
St. José Maria de Yermo y Parres
José María de Yermo y Parres was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor.
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Martyr · May 21
St. José María Robles Hurtado
José María Robles Hurtado was a Mexican priest and one of several priests martyred during the Cristero War.
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Martyr · September 21
St. Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, affectionately known in Korea as Bishop Laurentius Bum Sehyeong was a Roman Catholic French bishop in Asia.
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Martyr · October 25
St. Margaret Clitherow
Margaret Clitherow was an English Catholic recusant known as The Pearl of York. She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests.
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Martyr · October 25
St. Margaret Ward
Margaret Ward, called the "pearl of Tyburn", was an English saint and martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for assisting a priest to escape from prison.
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Martyr · November 12
St. Margarito Flores García
Margarito Flores García was a priest of the Catholic Church and was canonized in 2000. During his ministry in Chilpancingo-Chilapa, he was persecuted in the Mexican Revolution and died as a martyr.
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Martyr · July 9
St. Mark Ji Tianxiang
Mark Ji Tianxiang was a Chinese lay Catholic and doctor. He was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion and had been an opium addict.
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