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Saint of the day July 31 Bl. Everard Hanse, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr , raised a Protestant in Northhamptonshire, England, studied at Cambridge, and was ordained a minister. In 1568, he converted to the Church and went to Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1581. Returning as a missionary, Everard was arrested and condemned. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on July 31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everald_Hanse St. Neot, Hermit , and relative of King Alfred the Great. A monk of Glastonbury, England, he was ordained before he departed to become a hermit in Cornwall. Tradition states that King Alfred visited him for his counsel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Neot_(monk)

Saint of the day July 30 Bl. Thomas Abel, 1540 A.D. English martyr . A graduate of Oxford University, Thomas served as chaplain to Queen Catharine of Aragon, proving intensely loyal to her cause during the ordeal of the divorce proceedings against her by King Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Arrested by English authorities for denying the spiritual supremacy of the king, he was incarcerated in the Tower of London for six years, finally receiving execution at Smithfield. He was beatified in 1886. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Abel Bl. Edward Powell, 1504 A.D. English martyr , a councilor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII. A Welshman, Edward was a canon of Salisbury, England, and a fellow of Odd, noted for treatises opposing Martin Luther. He served Queen Catherine of Aragon and opposed the spiritual supremacy of Henry VIII. For this he spent six years in prison before being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Smithfield, London. He was beatified in 1886....

Saint of the day July 29 St. Kilian , 7th century. An Irish abbot who wrote the life of St. Brigid. He ruled a monastery on the island of Iniscaltra, Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kilian St. Martha Wang, Roman Catholic Martyr of Tonkin , Vietnam, who was arrested carrying letters from the imprisoned martyrs, Blesseds Joseph Tshang and Paul Tcheng. She was beheaded with them at Tsingai. Feastday July 29th. http://saintlywomen.weebly.com/weekly-saints/st-martha-wang ST. BEATRICE OF ROME , https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/29/st--beatrice-of-rome.html ST. MARTHA, DISCIPLE OF THE LORD , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha#:~:text=Martha%20(Hebrew%3A%20%D7%9E%D6%B7%D7%A8%D6%B0%D7%AA%D6%B8%D6%BC%D7%90)%20is,Jesus%20resurrecting%20her%20brother%2C%20Lazarus. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/29/st--martha--disciple-of-the-lord.html

Saint of the day July 28 Fr. Stanley_Rother Martyr of Guatemala July 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Rother St. Samson, 565 A.D. Welsh bishop and evangelizer. Born at Glamorgan, Wales, he became a disciple of St. Illtyd at the monastery of Lianwit (Llantwit) in southern Glamorgan and then lived as a monk (and later abbot) of a community on Caldey Island (Ynys Byr). He was joined there by his uncle, Umbrafel, and his father, Amon. After a trip to Ireland, Samson became a hermit with Amon whom he cured of a mortal illness. During a trip to Cornwall, he was consecrated a bishop and appointed an abbot. He then departed England and went to Brittany where he spent the rest of his life as a missionary, even though he had long searched for solitude. Samson founded monasteries, including one at Dol and another at Pental, in Normandy. He was one of the foremost (if not relatively unknown) evangelizers of his century and has long been venerated with enthusiasm in Wales and Brittany. ...

Saint of the day July 27 Bl. Rudolf Acquaviva, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr. he was the nephew of Claudius Acquaviva, the fifth master general of the Jesuits, and he followed his uncle into the Society of Jesus. In 1549, he was sent to India, going to the court of Mogul Akbar near Agra. He became superior of the Salsette mission. Rudolf was martyred at Salsette, near Goa, by Hindus, with four companions, including Alfonso Pacheco. Feastday: July 27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Acquaviva St. Anthusa, Roman Catholic Abbess tortured by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V. Anthusa was originally a hermitess, becoming abbess of the convent near Constantinople. Because of her veneration of sacred images, she was arrested by the emperor, who, as an ardent iconoclast, opposed such sacramentals. Anthusa was tortured severely until the empress intervened and secured her release. Feastday: July 27 https://www.newmanministry.com/saints/saint-anthusa#:~:text=Anthusa%20...

Saint of the day July 26 Bl. William Ward, 1641 A.D. Martyr of England. Born in Westmorland, England, he went to Douai, France, in 1604, where he studied and received ordination in 1608. Upon returning home to England, William was forced to land in Scotland and was arrested and imprisoned for three years. He was released and went on to England, where he spent twenty of his thirty-three years as a missionary in prison. When Catholic priests were banished on April 7, 1641, William was arrested. On July 26, he was executed at Tyburn. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15552b.htm https://www.ncregister.com/blog/a-martyr-by-any-other-name-blessed-william-ward Bl. John Ingram , 1594 A.D. Martyr of Scotland. He was born in Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, in 1565, and became a convert at Oxford. After conversion, he went to Reims and Rome and was ordained in 1589. Sent to Scotland in 1592, John was arrested on the Tyneside and taken to the Tower of London, where he was tortured Martyred at ...

Saint of the day July 25 St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Apostle and is the patron saint of Spain and, according to legend, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Feastday July 25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great#:~:text=The%20son%20of%20Zebedee%20and,first%20disciples%20to%20join%20Jesus. St. Nissen . Abbot and an Irishman, he was converted by St. Patrick and later became abbot of Mountgarret monastery in Wexford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nissen St. Theodemir, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr of Spain. He was martyred at Cordoba under Muslim Emir Abd al-Rahman II (r. 822-852), because he would not recant his Christian faith. Feastday July 25 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Theodemir_(saint) ST. CHRISTOPHER, MARTYR, https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/25/st--christopher--martyr.html