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Feastday: July 24
1544 - 1594

One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the kingdom and became the object of a massive manhunt. He was betrayed, arrested, and taken to London. There he was crippled on the rack and returned to Dryburn near Durham. On July 24, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. John was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as a martyr of Durham.

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Doris
10 months ago
St. John Boste, please pray and intercede for me that my family and I have security, peace, better health, longer life, happiness and always God-fearing, I know there is no perfect life, but at the least, for our family to have the calmness and the strength to accept and bear whatever trials that come our way, with hope, faith and love, to Jesus through you and Blessed Mary. Amen
Joseph Mathew
10 months ago
St. John Boste, please pray for me, to be steadfast in my Catholic faith.
christie
10 months ago
St John Boste of Durham, brave and courageous beyond imagination. Daring to be converted to become a Catholic, I dare to say. For I know of many who truly believe in Jesus, His life and His teachings, yet fail to follow Him. How sad is this? I pray that God gives these people the grace of final conversion, when or where or how is entirely in your loving hands, dear Jesus.
St. John Boste pray for the healing of children born with terrible afflictions. I think that your lovely church in Reading West, the church of the English Martyrs is stunningly beautiful, made of solid red bricks, skillfully and painstakingly constructed. I love you St. John Boste.
richard lewis
1 year ago
Lord, grant the courage of St. John Boste.
Jake
1 year ago
Sometimes, when I read about the life and martyrdom of the saints, I am overwhelmed by a sense of horror that such terrible things can be done to a fellow human being. We need to remember the inhumanity of man against man, and pray for the day when men's eyes will be opened, when each one of us realises that every other one of us is a child of God, made in His image, and precious beyond words.
Lydia
3 years ago
I really admire this saint's courage

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