September 24th

Blessed William Spenser and Robert Hardesty, Martyrs of York

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · York, England, United Kingdom · d. 1589

At York in England, the Blessed martyrs William Spenser, priest, and Robert Hardesty, who, condemned to death under Queen Elizabeth I — the former because he was a priest, the latter because he had given him hospitality — were hanged on the gallows.

Latin Original

Eboráci in Anglia, beatórum mártyrum Guliélmi Spenser, presbyteri, et Robérti Hardesty, qui, sub Elisabeth regina Prima cápite damnáti, prior quod sacérdos esset, alter quod eum hospítio recepísset, patibulo suspénsi sunt. 9, Nagasákiu in lIapónia, sancti Antónii González, presbyteri ex Ordine Przedicatórum et mártyris, qui in Iapóniam quinque cum sóciis missus et paulo post in vínculis deténtus, bis aqua» torménto excruciátus est atque, febri corréptus, céteros in morte prazeívit, sub suprémo duce Tokugawa Yemitsu.