No likeness on file

Thomas Welbourne

English Roman Catholic martyr

BlessedFull write-up

Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1501

Died

1 August 1605

verified

Beatified

—

not on record

Canonised

—

not yet

Who they were

Thomas Welbourne was a Yorkshire schoolmaster. With John Fulthering, a layman, he zealously urged his neighbours to embrace the Catholic faith.

For this they were condemned for high treason and executed at York on 1 August 1605.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

A schoolmaster who died for sharing his faith.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Thomas Welbourne
Wikidata Q7794962 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Thomas Welbourne (CC BY-SA)

Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.