St. Humphrey Lawrence

Feastday: July 7
Birth: 1572
Death: 1591

Martyr of England. Born in Hampshire, he was a convert to Catholicism through the efforts of Jesuit missionaries. Humphrey openly called Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and she had him arrested immediately. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Winchester. Pope Pius XI beatified him in 1929.

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Humphrey Lawrence Humphrey Lawrence Birth: 1572 Death: 1591
Birth: 1572 Death: 1591