Douai Martyrs

Saints, Blesseds, and Venerables

The Douai Martyrs
Saints, Blesseds, and Venerables; The Douai Martyrs
Priests and Martyrs
Born	Various
Died	29 November 1577 (Saint Cuthbert Mayne) - 23 October 1680 (Blessed Thomas Thwing); Various, many at Tyburn
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; (6 were declared Venerable by Pope Leo XIII in 1886)
Beatified	14 beatified on 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII 62 beatified on 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI 56 beatified on 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	20 canonized on 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Feast	29 October; 4 May (all English Martyrs); 25 October (those from the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales group); 22 November (those from the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales group); Various feast days for individual martyrs
Attributes	Martyr's palm; Knife in chest; Noose around neck; Book or Bible; Crucifix; Chaucible; Eucharist; Various religious habits; Crown of martyrdom

The Douai Martyrs is a name applied by the Catholic Church to 158 Catholic priests from Great Britain who studied at the English College, Douai and were subsequently executed by the Kingdom of England between 1577 and 1680.^[2]

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