At the town of Usk in Wales, Saint David Lewis, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, ordained a priest at Rome, for more than thirty years secretly celebrated the sacraments in his homeland and gave aid to the poor, until under King Charles II he was hanged on the gallows on account of his priesthood.
August 27th
Saint David Lewis
Latin Original
In óppido Usk in Cámbria, sancti Dávidis Lewis, presbyteri e oocietáte Iesu et mártyris, qui, Romae sacérdos ordinátus, trigínta ámplius annos in pátria sacraménta occülte celebrávit pauperibüsque subvénit, donec sub Cárolo rege Secüándo propter sacerdótium patíbulo suspénsus est.