Martin of St Felix (John) Woodcock
Franciscan priest and martyr at Lancaster
Feast: 7 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Lancaster in England, Blessed Martin of Saint Felix (John) Woodcock, of the Order of Friars Minor, Edward Bamber and Thomas Whitaker, priests and martyrs, condemned to hanging for having entered the dominions of King Charles I as priests.
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 7 August as a Franciscan priest hanged at Lancaster for entering the dominions of King Charles I as 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.
Connected on this site
- Edward Bamber Blessed“At Lancaster in England, Blessed Martin of Saint Felix (John) Woodcock, of the Order of Friars Minor, Edward Bamber and Thomas Whitaker, priests and martyrs, condemned to hanging for having entered the dominions of King Charles I as priests.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 7 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6264803 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.