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1482–1582 · Reformation

Robert Johnson, a Shropshire native, was a Catholic priest and martyr during the reign of Elizabeth I. Robert Johnson had grown up in one of the four parishes of Claverley, Hales, Owen or Worfield in what was then the Anglican Diocese of Worcester.

1485–1535 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

Robert Lawrence, OCart (died 4 May 1535) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn for declining to sign the Oath of Supremacy. His feast day is 4 May. Born about 1485, Robert Lawrence was a graduate of Cambridge.

1550–1588 · Reformation

Robert Ludlam (c. 1551 – 24 July 1588) was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born around 1551, in Derbyshire. His father was a yeoman.

1550–1600 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Robert Nutter (c. 1550 – 26 July 1600) was an English Catholic priest, Dominican friar and martyr. He was beatified in 1987. Throughout the religious upheavals following the English Reformation, the vast majority of English Catholics, many of whom lived in Lancashire, remained s…

1561–1595 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Robert Southwell, SJ (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595), also Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order. He was also an author of Christian poetry in Elizabethan English, and a clandestine missionary in Elizabethan England.

1587 · Reformation

Robert Sutton (c. 1543-1545; Burton-on-Trent – 27 July 1587; Stafford) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

1591 · Reformation

Robert Thorpe (died 15 May 1591) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Thorpe was born in Yorkshire.

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.

1591 · Reformation

Ralph Milner (? at Slackstead, Hampshire, England, early in the sixteenth century – executed 7 July 1591 at Winchester) was an English martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Along with Roger Dicconson (also spelled Dickenson), a Catholic priest, they were martyred at Winchester.

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.

1576–1628 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ (17 November 1576 – 15 November 1628) was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church.

1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan.

1520–1567 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

Salvador of Horta O.F.M. (Catalan: Salvador d'Horta; Spanish: Salvador de Horta; Italian: Salvatore da Horta; December 1520 – 18 March 1567) was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother from the region of Catalonia in Spain, who was celebrated as a miracle worker during his lifetime.

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.

1621–1699 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Serafina of God, OCarm, (Italian: Serafina di Dio), also known as Seraphine of Capri, (24 October 1621 – 17 March 1699) an Italian Carmelite who was the founder of seven Carmelite convents of the ancient observance in Southern Italy.

1540–1604 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Seraphin of Montegranaro (Italian: Serafino da Montegranaro; 1540 – October 12, 1604), was an Italian Capuchin lay brother, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1552–1624 · Reformation · Trinitarian Order

Simón de Rojas (28 October 1552 – 29 September 1624) was a Spanish priest of the Trinitarian Order known as the "Apostle of the Ave Maria", for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

1550–1568 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Stanisław Kostka, S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568.

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.

1582–1619 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Stephen Pongracz (Hungarian: Pongrácz István; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest and martyr who is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.

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.

1536–1591 · Reformation

Swithun Wells (c. 1536 – 10 December 1591) was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Wells was a country gentleman and one time schoolmaster whose family sheltered hunted priests.

1565–1622 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Sebastian Kimura (1565 – 10 September 1622) was a Japanese Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus. He was among the 55 people killed during the Great Genna Martyrdom and subsequently beatified. Kimura was born into a Christian family in 1565.

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.

1508–1537 · Reformation · Franciscans

Thomas Belchiam (1508–1537) was an English Franciscan who died in Newgate Prison in the reign of Henry VIII. He is a Catholic martyr, declared venerable by Pope Leo XIII. The year of death is in question: the Victoria County History for Kent puts the events in 1534.

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.

1489–1556 · Reformation

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a theologian, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He is honoured as a martyr in the Church of England.

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.

1575–1608 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Thomas Garnet, SJ (9 November 1575 – 23 June 1608) was an English Jesuit priest who was executed in London during the English Reformation. He is the protomartyr (i.e., the first martyr associated with a place) of Saint Omer and of Stonyhurst College.

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.

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.

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.

1478–1535 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.

1590–1634 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Thomas Nishi was born in Hirado in 1590 to his father, Gaspar Nishi Genka. A Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order, he died in 1634. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.