John Haile
English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
Feast: 4 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
John Haile was a secular priest who died as a martyr on 4 May 1535, under Henry VIII.
In 1913 the Catholic Encyclopedia counted him among the sixty-three English martyrs already declared Blessed.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the English martyrs who died for the Catholic faith under Henry VIII.
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.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729)
- Roman Martyrology, 4 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q42887052 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Haile (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.