ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS NOVEMBER 29

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS NOVEMBER 29 St. Cuthbert Mayne, 1577 A.D. An English martyr, born near Barnstable, in Devonshire, as a Protestant. He converted to Catholicism at St. John’s, Oxford. Cuthbert was ordained at Douai, France, and sent home to England about 1575. Working in Cornwall, he was captured after a year. Condemned for celebrating a Mass, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered on November 25. Cuthbert was a friend of Edmund Campion, and he was aided by Francis Tregian in Cornwall. He was the first Englishman trained for the priesthood at Douai and was the Protomartyr of English seminaries. Cuthbert was canonized by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. St. Brendan of Birr, 573 A.D. Friend of St. Brendan the Voyager. Brendan was a monk at Clonard, Ireland. He became the abbot of Birr, near Offaly, and he also advised St. Columba. Columba had a vision of Brendan of Birr's soul being carried heavenward by angels. St. Sadwen, 6th century. Confessor, also known as Saturninus, brother of St. IIltyd. He was a disciple of St. Cadfan and had churches dedicated to him in parts of Wales. St. Egelwine, 7th century. Confessor and a prince of the house of Wessex. He lived at Athelney, in Somersetshire, England.