Blessed John Ireland

Memorial

• 7 March

Profile

Priest. Chaplain to Blessed John Larke and Saint Thomas More. Rector at Eltham, Kent, England from 1535 to 1536. Martyred with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Larke for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church.

Died

• martyred in 7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England

Venerated

• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed John, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John Ireland”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 March 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-ireland/>