July 16th

Blessed John Sugar and Robert Grissold, Martyrs

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Warwick, England · d. 1604

At Warwick in England, Blessed John Sugar, priest, and Robert Grissold, martyrs, who were condemned under King James the First — the former because as a priest he had entered England, the latter because he had given him assistance — and through harsh cruelties attained the palm of martyrdom.

Latin Original

Virovíaci in Anglia, beatórum Ioánnis Sugar, presbyteri, et Robérti Grissold, mártyrum, qui sub Iacóbo rege Primo damnáti, prior quod sacérdos in Angliam ingréssus esset, alter quia eídem subvenísset, per ásperas szevítias ad palmam martyrii pervenérunt.