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John Felton, Blessed
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Martyr, died Saint Paul's Churchyard, London, England, 1570. He was a wealthy gentleman of Norfolk extraction. Arrested for affixing to the gates of the palace of the Bishop of London a copy of the Bull of Pope Saint Pius V, excommunicating the queen, he was taken to the Tower, racked three times, hanged, and quartered. Beatified, 1886.
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Entry for 'John Felton, Blessed'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/j/john-felton-blessed.html. 1910.