ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS NOVEMBER 28

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS NOVEMBER 28 St. Fionnchu, 6th century. Abbot of Bangor Abbey, in Ireland, the successor of St. Comgall. St. James Thompson, Blessed, 1582 A.D. English martyr. A native of York, he studied for the priesthood at Reims and was ordained there in 1581. Arrested soon after his return to England, he was hanged at York. He used the name Hudson in his mission work. James was beatified in 1895.