List of Catholic martyrs of England
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The Catholic martyrs of England who died for the Catholic faith in the years 1535-1680 and have officially been recognized as such by the Catholic Church are numerous.
They include
- Saint John Fisher, an English bishop and cardinal
- Saint Thomas More, the patron of lawyers and statesmen
- The Forty Martyrs
- Thomas Abel, an English priest martyred by King Henry VIII
- John Adams (Blessed), an English priest
- Robert Dalby (Blessed) , an English priest
- James Duckett (Blessed), an English layman
- John Duckett (Blessed), an English priest
- Edmund Duke (Blessed), an English priest
- John Forrest (friar), an English friar
- George Gervase, an English priest
- Blessed Richard Hill
- John Hogg (Blessed), an English priest
- Richard Holiday (Blessed), an English priest
- Robert Johnson (Catholic martyr), an English priest
- John Lowe (Blessed), an English priest
- Maurus Scott, an English lawyer
- Thomas Thwing (Blessed), an English priest
- Peter Wright (Blessed), an English priest
Thomas Beckett was a Catholic martyr of England from an earlier period.
