August 8th

Blessed John Felton

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · London, United Kingdom · d. 1570

At London in England, Blessed John Felton, martyr, who publicly affixed the sentence of excommunication against Queen Elizabeth I issued by Pope Saint Pius V, on account of which, cruelly disembowelled at St Paul’s, invoking the name of the Saviour, he gloriously completed his martyrdom.

Latin Original

Londínii in Anglia, beáti Ioánnis Felton, mártyris, qui senténtiam excommunicatiónis advérsus Elísabeth regínam Primam a sancto Pio papa Quinto latam püblice adfixit, quaprópter apud Sanctum Paulum dire disséctus, nomen Salvatóris ínvocans martyrium glorióse consummávit.