At Warwick in England, Blessed William Freeman, priest and martyr, who, under Queen Elizabeth the First and condemned to death solely because he was a priest, began to sing the hymn Te Deum before the gallows and with steadfast spirit went forth to the sufferings of martyrdom.
August 13th
Blessed William Freeman
Latin Original
Virovíaci in Anglia, beáti Guliélmi Freeman, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, sub Elísabeth regína Prima tantüámmodo quod sacérdos esset cápite damnátus, pro patibulo hymnum «Te Deum» cánere inchoávit et constánti ánimo ad mart$rii supplicia adivit.