Saint of the day July 24

 Saint of the day July 24

St. John Boste, 1594 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the kingdom and became the object of a massive manhunt. He was betrayed, arrested, and taken to London. There he was crippled on the rack and returned to Dryburn near Durham. On July 24, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. John was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as a martyr of Durham. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boste

Sts. Wulfhade and Ruffinus, 7th century.  Wulfhade and Ruffinus (d.c. seventh century). Martyrs of England. Little is known about them with any certainty, although according to tradition they were two princes of Mercia who were baptized by St. Chad and were swiftly executed by their pagan father. They were martyred at Stone, Staffordshire 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfhad_and_Ruffin#:~:text=Saints%20Wulfhad%20and%20Ruffin%20(or,feast%20day%20is%2024%20July.

St. Lewina, 5th century. Martyred virgin of England, a Briton slain by invading Saxons. In 1058, her relics were translated from Seaford, in Sussex, England, to Berques in Flanders, Belgium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewina#:~:text=under%20July%2024%2C-,St.,part%20of%20those%20of%20St. 

St. Menefrida, 5th century.  Patron saint of Tredresick, in Cornwall, England. She belonged to the family of Brychan of Brecknock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menefrida

St. Declan. St. Declan First bishop of Ardmore in Ireland July 24     was baptized by St. Colman, and preached the faith in that country a little before the arrival of St. Patrick, who confirmed the Episcopal see of Ardmore, in a synod at Cashel in 448. Many miracles are ascribed to St. Declan, and he has ever been much honored in the viscounty of Dessee, anciently Nandesi.   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decl%C3%A1n_of_Ardmore

Bl. Maria Angeles of Saint Joseph was a Carmelite nun at the monastery of Guadalajara, Spain. She was one of hundreds of martyrs during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. Feastday July 24

https://second.wiki/wiki/marc3ada_c381ngeles_de_san_josc3a9

Bl. Maria Pilar Martinez Garcia & Companions, Roman Catholic Carmelite nun, with Maria Angeles Valtierra and Teresa Garcia y Garcia. They were killed in Guadalajara, Spain, by communists in the civil war. Maria Pilar Martinez was an older nun from Tarazona, Zaragoza.Feastday July 24

https://carmelitequotes.blog/2021/07/21/24jul21-femspanishmartyrs-liturgy/