July 19th

Saint John Plessington

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Chester, United Kingdom

At Chester in England, Saint John Plessington, priest and martyr, who, having been ordained priest at Segovia and returned to England, was for this cause condemned under King Charles the Second to the torments of hanging.

Latin Original

Céstrie in Anglia, sancti Ioánnis Plessington, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, Segóbize sacérdos factus atque in Angliam revérsus, hac de causa sub Cárolo rege Secándo suspéndii torméntis destinátus est.