Pope Francis Speaks Clearly and Harshly About Violence Against Women and Exposes the Role of the Media - ZENIT - English

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS DECEMBER 5 St. John Almond, 1612 A.D One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of Allerton, England, he was educated in Ireland and then at Reims and in Rome. After his ordination in 1598, he returned to England as a missionary, and was arrested in 1602. John was imprisoned in 1608 for a time and arrested again in 1612. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. St. Cawrdaf, 6th century. Welsh chief, the successor of Caradog in Brecknock and Hereford. He entered a monastery after retiring, serving under St. lIltyd.