Martyr · February 1
St. Henry Morse
Henry Morse was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Saints from United Kingdom
Read the full stories of 86 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day United Kingdom.
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Bishop · January 19
St. Henry of Finland
Henry of Finland was a medieval bishop and missionary whose life and death are known chiefly through later traditions.
United Kingdom · Present-day geography
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Martyr · April 7
St. Henry Walpole
Henry Walpole, SJ was an English Jesuit martyr, executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy.
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Monastic · November 17
St. Hilda of Whitby
Hilda of Whitby was a saint of the early Church in Britain. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664.
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Martyr · May 4
St. John Boste
John Boste is a saint in the Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Martyr · June 22
St. John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1504 to 1535 and as chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
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Doctor of the Church · October 9
St. John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet.
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Martyr · May 4
St. John Houghton
John Houghton, OCart was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England.
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Martyr · July 12
St. John Jones
John Jones O.F.M , also known as John Buckley, John Griffith, Godfrey Maurice , or Griffith Jones, was a Franciscan priest and martyr.
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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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Bishop · May 7
St. John of Beverley
John of Beverley was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designation in the area.
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Martyr · March 10
St. John Ogilvie
John Ogilvie, SJ was a Scottish Jesuit priest.
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