Saint Arthur
putative saint and martyr
Feast: 15 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Arthur of Glastonbury (c. 1539), according to some French sources, was an English Catholic in the sixteenth century. He was martyred during the period of King Henry VIII's suppression of the Catholic Church due to his refusal to accept the king's claim to spiritual leadership of the Church in England.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- Nominis (French Bishops' Conference) - Bienheureux Jean Thorne, martyr — "Benedictin de Glastonbury, Arthur de son nom de religion" (+1539), hanged with Abbot Richard Whiting; beatified 1895, kept with the English martyrs on 15 November.
- Wikidata Q4070328 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Arthur of Glastonbury (CC BY-SA)
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