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John Payne was one of the group of prominent Catholic martyrs of the persecution who were later designated as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was beatified "equipollently" by Pope Leo XIII , by means of a decree of 29 December 1886 and was canonised along with the other Martyrs of England and Wales by Pope Paul VI on 25 ...
Shop St. John Payne. Also John Paine. an English martyr. Payne was born at Peterborough, England, and was possibly a convert. In 1574, he departed England and went to Douai, where he was ordained in 1576. Immediately thereafter, he was sent back to England with St. Cuthbert Mayne.
Saint John Payne, also known as John Pain or John Paine, was a renowned Catholic convert and martyr who dedicated his life to the restoration of Catholicism in England during the tumultuous Elizabethan era.
Fr. John Payne was indicted at Chelmsford on March 22, on a charge of treason for conspiring to murder the Queen and her leading officers. John denied the charges, and affirmed his loyalty to the Queen in all that was lawful; contesting the reliability of the murderer Eliot how had turned him in.
John Payne was a Roman Catholic priest and martyr during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Born in Peterborough, England in 1532, he left for Douai, France, in 1574 due to the harsh treatment of Catholics in England under Protestant rule.
Apr 1, 2012 · Today, 2nd April, marks the 430th anniversary of the execution of John Payne, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. John Payne was born at Peterborough in 1532. Neither the date nor the circumstances of his conversion are known but it is thought that John was born into a Protestant family.
Sep 10, 2023 · Meet St. John Payne, the courageous English priest who defied the odds! Ordained in his forties, he embarked on a missionary journey in Essex, facing persecution at a time when being a Catholic...
