ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS:MAR. 07 St. Deifer, St. Enodoch, 520 A.D, St. Esterwine, 668 A.D, Bl. John Ireland, 1544 A.D., Bl. John Larke, 1544 A.D.

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS:MAR. 07 St. Deifer, 6th century. Welsh abbot and founder of Bodfare in Clwyd, Wales. St. Enodoch, 520 A.D. Welsh saint of the line of the chieftain Brychan of Brecknock, also called Wenedoc. St. Esterwine, 668 A.D. Benedictine abbot, a relative of St. Benedict Biscop. A noble from Northumbria, England, he was abbot of Wearmouth Abbey during a period of Benedict’s absence. Bl. John Ireland, 1544 A.D. English martyr and chaplain to St. Thomas More. He became a pastor at Eltham, Kent, prior to his arrest for resisting the supremacy of King Henry VIII of England over the Church of England. Executed at Tyburn, he died with Blesseds Jermyn Gardiner and John Larke. Bl. John Larke, 1544 A.D. English martyr and priest. John Larke served as a pastor in Bishopgate, Woodford, Essex, and then Chelsea until his arrest for opposing the religious supremacy of King Henry VIII of England. He was executed at Tybum with John Ireland and Jermyn Gardiner. His longtime patron was St. Thomas More. Mar. 7