Today, Monday 4th May 2020 is the Feast of The Martyrs of England and Wales

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Monday 4th May 2020 is the Feast of The Martyrs of England and Wales.

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A short time ago, a Mass (including homily) celebrating the Feast was held by Canon Gwenaël Cristofoli, rector of the ICKSP at the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Preston UK. The Mass concluded with a recitation of the Litany to the Forty English Martyrs and a blessing with the relics of St Thomas of Canterbury and other saints which are held at the church. A recording of the event can be found at Live Stream Low Mass - Feast of the English Martyrs - YouTube
 
This is a time which all of us ought know. The novel “Come Rack, Come Rope” by Robert H Benson is very good.

About the date, I am pretty sure the feast of the Martyrs is October 25:

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Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Saint of the day: Forty Martyrs of England and Wales - Catholic News Agency
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Indeed it used to be celebrated on that date and the Church in Wales still holds to it for their saints in the list , but the English accepted a change for theirs for a reason I am unsure of.
 
Incidentally, here is a key to the painting above with the saints identified. (Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

In the foreground kneeling is one of my favorite saints i.e. the brave and beautiful St. Margaret Clitherow. Local tradition in Lancashire holds that her body was secretly transported from her obscure burial place in York by the faithful and transported to Stydd Chapel in Ribchester in Lancashire England, where it was secretly buried in an unmarked grave facing the altar. I have read more convincing arguments for this than the article below gives, but it does provide an overall picture of possible events and a photograph of the tombstone. It is a wonderful place to visit and the Anglican vicar of Ribchester encourages Catholic pilgrims to visit the ancient chapel


The unmarked tomb of St Margaret Clitherow?

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IanM said:
the brave and beautiful St. Margaret Clitherow
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Isn’t her hand a relic? Her death was gruesome, placed on the ground with a rock under her spine and a door on top of her with heavy rocks which would split her spine in two.
 
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Isn’t her hand a relic?
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Yes it is, however two places vie for the place of possessing it. 1. Bar Convent in York (situated less than a mile from the execution site near Lendal Bridge but not known, how far from the original burial spot) and 2. the ancient Ladyewell Shrine at Fernyhalgh near Preston Lancashire, which is about eight miles from the location at Stydd at Ribchester mentioned above.
Here are two articles relating to this (one of which has a detailed picture of the hand.)

www.mjwayland.com

Search for the Saint's Hand - MJ Wayland

The Margaret Clitheroe Relic This articles dates from 1997, long before Bar Convent publicly acknowledged that they were the guardians of Saint Margaret
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