Polydore Plasden

Who they were

Polydore Plasden was a priest who was put to death at Tyburn on 10 December 1591, under Elizabeth I, one of seven who suffered that day with Eustace White.

In 1913 the Catholic Encyclopedia counted him among the English martyrs whose cause had been admitted at Rome, who were then styled Venerable.

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 Elizabeth I.

Connected on this site

• Eustace White Saint
  “Polydore Plasden was a priest who was put to death at Tyburn on 10 December 1591, under Elizabeth I, one of seven who suffered that day with Eustace White.” — this site's research
• Brian Lacy Blessed
  “The Roman Martyrology remembers him at London among the martyrs who suffered at Tyburn in the same year as Polydore Plasden and Eustace White, some for having entered England as priests and others for having helped them; the Acts of the Apostolic See list him among the one hundred and thirty-six English martyrs as…” — this site's research
• John Mason Blessed
  “The Roman Martyrology remembers him at London among the martyrs who suffered at Tyburn in the same year as Polydore Plasden and Eustace White, some for having entered England as priests and others for having helped them; the Acts of the Apostolic See list him among the one hundred and thirty-six English martyrs as…” — this site's research