February 04, 2018

⛪ Blessed John Speed or John Spence - Martyr

Saint of the Day : February 4

 Born :
at Durham, England

 Died :
4 February 1594 at Durham, England

 Beatified :
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

A Catholic layman who was arrested for assisting St. John Boste, escorting him from house to house. Following his arrest he turned down several incentives to conform with the Church of England and was executed on 4th February 1594, he was beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.


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