St. John Southworth
1592 - 1654
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born in Lancashire and became a priest in 1619 in Douai. Sent to England that same year, he was arrested but released through the intercession of Queen Henrietta Maria. He joined St. Henry Morse, subsequently working diligently during the plague of 1636. Arrested again, he was martyred by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tybum. His relics are in Westminster Cathedral in London, discovered there in 1927. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1970.
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I was greatly moved when I saw his shrine for the first time at Westminster Cathedral holding his remains. What a brave and devout man - he knew, that by returning to England at such a dreadful time for Catholics he was indeed choosing Martydom. I have remembered him, and all the other Martys who perished for our Faith. Please remember them in your prayers and especially after the Rosary and that quiet period of reflection. They have done so much for us, I am sure they work in Heaven to help us here - ask for them and you will be heard. I beleive that.