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1558–1588 · Reformation

The Oaten Hill martyrs were English Catholics executed for high treason at Oaten Hill near Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I on October 1, 1588. All four were beatified by Pope Pius XI on December 15, 1929. The group consists of three priests and one layman.

1550–1583 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Rodolfo Acquaviva, SJ (2 October 1550 – 25 July 1583) was an Italian Jesuit missionary and priest in India who served the court of Akbar the Great from 1580 to 1583. He was killed in 1583 and beatified in 1893.

1568–1610 · Reformation

Roger Cadwallador (1568 – 27 August 1610) was a Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Roger Cadwallador was born to a Welsh family at Stretton Sugwas, near Hereford.

1570–1601 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Roger Filcock, SJ (alias Arthur Naylor) (died 27 February 1601, London) was an English Jesuit priest. He was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987.

1569–1608 · Reformation

Saisho Atsutomo was born in 1569 and lived within the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in 1608 and is recognized as a blessed.

1500–1535 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Sebastian Newdigate, O.Cart (7 September 1500 – 19 June 1535) was the seventh child of John Newdigate, Sergeant-at-law. He spent his early life at court, and later became a Carthusian monk.

1502–1600 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Sebastián de Aparicio y del Pardo (20 January 1502 – 25 February 1600) was a Spanish colonist in Mexico shortly after its conquest by Spain, who after a lifetime as a rancher and road builder entered the Order of Friars Minor as a lay brother.

1584 · Reformation

Simon the Blessed (also known as Simon of Yuryevets, Simon of Yuryev, or Simon of Yuryegorsk; born in the village of Bratskoye near Odelevo, Plyos volost — died November 4 (14), 1584 or 1586, Yuryevets, present-day Ivanovo Oblast) was an Eastern Orthodox saint and fool for Christ…

1457–1530 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Stephana de Quinzanis, TOSD (variant spellings include Stephanie, Stefana; also, Quinzani) (1457 – 2 January 1530) was an Italian sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic, stigmatic and mystic. She was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1740.

1555–1587 · Reformation

Stephen Rowsham (Rousham, Rouse) was an English Catholic priest, executed on 3 April 1587. He is a Catholic martyr, and was beatified by Pope John Paul in 1987. A native of Oxfordshire, born c. 1555, he entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1572.

1591 · Reformation

Sydney Hodgson (died 10 December 1591) was an English Roman Catholic lawyer, beatified by the Catholic Church as a martyr in 1929. He was a Catholic convert.

1600–1651 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Terence Albert O'Brien (Irish: Muiris Ó Briain Aradh) (1600 – 30 October 1651) was an Irish priest of the Dominican Order and Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly. During the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, he was captured by the New Model Army following the Siege of Limerick.

1497–1540 · Reformation

Thomas Abel (or Abell) (ca. 1497 – 30 July 1540) was an English priest who was martyred during the reign of Henry VIII. The place and date of his birth are unknown.

1616 · Reformation

Thomas Atkinson (born about 1546, died 11 March 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. He was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was ordained priest at Reims, and returned to England in 1588.

1552–1585 · Reformation

Thomas Aufield (1552 – 6 July 1585), also called Thomas Alfield, was an English Roman Catholic martyr. He was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.

1563–1589 · Reformation

Thomas Belson (c. 1563 - 5 July 1589) was an English Roman Catholic layman and martyr, beatified in 1987. Belson was born at Brill in Buckinghamshire, although the date is uncertain. He was the son of Augustine Belson.

1594 · Reformation

John Cornelius (Irish: Seán Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna; 1557 – 4 July 1594) also called Mohun, was an Irish Catholic priest and Jesuit born in Cornwall. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1604–1642 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Bullaker, also known as John Baptist Bullaker, (born at Chichester about the year 1604; executed at Tyburn, 12 October 1642) was an English Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

1549–1582 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Cottam (1549 – 30 May 1582) was an English Catholic priest from Lancashire who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was a member of the Jesuit order. Cottam was born to Protestant parents, Laurence Cottam of Dilworth and his wife Anne née Brewer.

1582 · Reformation

Thomas Ford (died 28 May 1582), a Devonshire native, was a Catholic martyr executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He received a Masters of Arts at Trinity College, Oxford, on 24 July 1567, and became a fellow (although one source says president) there.

1620 · Reformation

Blessed Thomas Gengoro died in 1620. He was the spouse of Maria Gengoro.

1600–1642 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Holland, SJ (1600 at Sutton, Lancashire – executed 12 December 1642 at Tyburn) was an English Jesuit priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Holland was born in Lancashire, possibly son of Richard Holland, gentleman. He attended the English College at St.

1574–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Hunt (born Thomas Benstead) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, born in Norfolk, England, in 1574 and executed in Lincoln, United Kingdom, on July 11, 1600, during the reign of Elizabeth I.

1537 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Thomas Johnson, OCart, (died 20 September 1537) was a Carthusian who was killed by starvation in Tudor England. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a martyr and has been beatified. His feast day is on 4 May.

1600–1637 · Reformation · Augustinians

Thomas Kintsuba Jihyoe was born in 1600 in the Tokugawa shogunate and served as an Augustinian Catholic priest. He died in 1637 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1500–1539 · Reformation

Thomas Marshall (the Blessed John Beche), also known as John Beche, (died 1 December 1539) was the last Abbot of Colchester Abbey. Thomas Marshall, commonly known as John Beche, was a member of the Colchester Beche family, who were a dynasty of renowned pewtersmiths in the town.…

1590–1616 · Reformation

Thomas Maxfield (real name Macclesfield) (c.1590 – 1 July 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1501–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Palasor (c. 1570 - 9 August 1600) was an English Catholic priest. He was a martyr of the English Reformation and was beatified in 1987. Palasor was born at Ellerton-on-Swale, parish of Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire.

1528–1572 · Reformation

Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG (1528 – 22 August 1572) was an English nobleman, politician and Roman Catholic rebel leader, who led the Rising of the North against Elizabeth I in 1569.

1621–1679 · Reformation · Benedictines

Thomas Pickering (c. 1621 – 9 May 1679) was a Benedictine lay brother who served in England during the time of recusancy in the late seventeenth century. He was martyred as a result of the fraudulent claims of Titus Oates that he was part of a plot to murder King Charles II.

1557–1587 · Reformation

Thomas Pilchard (Pilcher) (born at Battle, Sussex, 1557; executed at Dorchester, 21 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987 as one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales, with whom he is commemorated on 4 May.

1520–1570 · Reformation

Thomas Plumtree was born in 1520 and served as a chaplain. He died in 1570 and is recognized as a blessed.

1559–1592 · Reformation

Thomas Pormort (about 1559, probably at Little Limber – executed 29 February 1592, at St. Paul's Churchyard) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1987. He was probably related to the family of Pormort of Great Grimsby and Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire.

1562–1642 · Reformation

Thomas Reynolds (c. 1562 – 21 January 1642), born Thomas Green (possible alias during priestly ministry, Richard Reynolds), was an English Reformation Catholic priest and martyr. Reynolds place of birth is not clear, possibly Warwickshire, more likely Oxfordshire.

1552–1579 · Reformation

Thomas Sherwood (c. 1551–1578) was a Catholic layman and martyr. He was arrested on suspicion of treason, having visited a house where it seems that Mass was secretly celebrated.

1501–1600 · Reformation

Thomas Sprott (d. 11 July 1600), also spelled Thomas Spratt, was an English martyr, as was his colleague, Thomas Hunt, who is also known as Thomas Benstead.

1635–1680 · Reformation

Thomas Thwing (1635–1680) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr, executed for his supposed part in the Barnbow Plot, an offshoot of the fabricated Popish Plot invented by Titus Oates. His feast day is 23 October. His father was George Thwing, Esq.

1567–1602 · Reformation

Thomas Tichborne (1567 – 20 April 1602) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is regarded as a Catholic martyr. Born at Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire, in 1567, Thomas was a younger son of Nicholas Tichborne and Mary Myll.

1571–1627 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Tsugi, SJ (1571 – 1627) was a Japanese Catholic preacher and member of the Society of Jesus. He was killed during the anti-Catholic persecutions in Japan and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

1616 · Reformation

Thomas Tunstall (Tunstal) (executed at Norwich, 13 July 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Tunstall was born in Lancashire.

1501–1605 · Reformation

Thomas Welbourne (Welbourn) (born Hutton Buscel, North Riding of Yorkshire - executed at York, 1 August 1605) was an English Roman Catholic teacher. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1618–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Whitbread (alias Harcourt) (1618–30 June 1679) was an English Jesuit missionary and martyr, wrongly convicted of conspiracy to murder Charles II of England and hanged during the Popish Plot.

1614–1646 · Reformation

Thomas Whittaker (1614 at Burnley, Lancashire – executed 7 August 1646 at Lancaster) was an English Roman Catholic priest. A Catholic martyr, he was beatified in 1987. Son of Thomas Whitaker, schoolmaster, and Helen, his wife, he was educated first at his father's school.

1535–1573 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Woodhouse was an English Catholic priest and martyr at Tyburn on 19 June 1573, being disembowelled alive. He was the first priest executed under Queen Elizabeth.

1577–1622 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Thomas of Zumárraga and Lazcano (Spanish: Tomás de Zumárraga y Lazcano; 9 March 1577 – 12 September 1622) was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr of Japan. He was beatified in May 1867 by Pope Pius IX. Thomas was born in Vitoria, in 1577.

1600–1601 · Reformation

Thurston Hunt (executed 31 March 1601 at Lancaster) was an English Catholic priest. He was tried and executed with Robert Middleton, also a priest. They were declared to be martyrs by the Catholic Church, and beatified in 1987, by Pope John Paul II.

1563–1631 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Tommaso da Olera (1563 - 3 May 1631) - born Tommaso Acerbis was a Roman Catholic Italian friar of the Capuchins. Leading a life of humility and service, Acerbis, initially a shepherd with no formal education, joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Verona at the age of seven…

1590–1632 · Reformation · Augustinians

Vicente de Santo António, born Vicente Simões de Carvalho (1590 in Albufeira, Portugal; died September 3, 1632, in Nagasaki, Japan), OESA, was a Portuguese missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1564–1588 · Reformation · Premonstratensians

Wilhelm Eiselin was a German Catholic priest, canon, and member of the Premonstratensian order. Born in Mindelheim in 1564, he died in Rot an der Rot in 1588. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1597 · Reformation

William Andleby (Anlaby) (executed at York, 4 July 1597) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. William Andleby was born in Etton, Yorkshire, into a gentry family. At 25 he went to the Netherlands to take part in the Dutch war.