March 23rd

Blessed Edmund Sykes

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · York, United Kingdom

At York in England, Blessed Edmund Sykes, priest and martyr, who under Queen Elizabeth the First was punished with exile on account of his priesthood; and when he had returned to England once more, he was handed over to the utmost torments of the gallows.

Latin Original

Eboráci in Anglia, beáti Edmündi Sykes, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, sub Elísabeth regina Prima propter sacerdótium exsilio afféctus, cum Angliam íterum petivísset, extrémis patíbuli supplíciis tráditus est.