January 4th

Blessed Thomas Plumtree

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

At Durham in England, Blessed Thomas Plumtree, priest and martyr, who, under Queen Elizabeth I, was condemned to death for his fidelity to the Catholic Church, and who, bravely preferring the penalty of the gallows to the saving of his life, underwent that same death.

Latin Original

Dunélmi in Anglia, beáti Thomze Plumtree, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, sub Elísabeth regína Prima, cápite damnátus propter fidelitátem Ecclesiae cathóliczae servátam, quóniam láquei poenam ante patíbulum fórtiter pro vita máluit, eándem sübmut.