Alexander Crow
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in England
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology remembers him at York in England as a priest and martyr who rose from being a humble shoemaker to the priesthood and ended his martyrdom gloriously on the scaffold for his priesthood under Queen Elizabeth I; the Acts of the Apostolic See list him among the eighty-five martyrs as a diocesan priest of thirty-six, put to death at York in 1586. He was beatified by John Paul II on 22 November 1987.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was put to death simply for being a priest.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 30 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 83 (1991) - beatification letter
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.