John Bodey
English theologian
Feast: 2 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Andover in the county of Hampshire in England, Blessed John Bodey, martyr, who, a schoolmaster, died hanged and disembowelled for having refused to recognise the authority of Queen Elizabeth I in spiritual matters.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 2 November as a schoolmaster hanged at Andover for refusing Elizabeth I's authority in spiritual matters.
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, 2 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6222334 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Bodey (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.