The White Dove of Peace. Those who died in England in defense of the Truth and for their faith at the time of the Reformation and beyond, were regarded by their contemporaries as the equal of those martyred in the early persecutions of the...See moreThe White Dove of Peace. Those who died in England in defense of the Truth and for their faith at the time of the Reformation and beyond, were regarded by their contemporaries as the equal of those martyred in the early persecutions of the Church, and that they like them were worthy of veneration and cult. That a great nation like England, should have given to the world, and to history, a witness so uncompromising, serene and heroic, is a fact which should fill the students of history with admiration, reminding them that this 'Isle of Saints' gave to posterity so many who loved so generously and so selflessly. Part I: 1987 Beatification of Martyrs of England and Wales by Pope John Paul I, St. Alban, first English Martyr, Pope St. Gregory the Great, St. Augustine of Canterbury. Part II: St. Patrick, St. Columba, St. Oswald, St. Aidan, St. Cuthbert St. Bede the Venerable, King Alfred the Great, St. Dunstan St. Edward the Confessor. Part III: Our Lady of Walsingham - The Annunciation (1061), St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More, English Martyrs of the Reformation. Part IV: Cardinal John Newman, Cardinal Nicolas Wiseman, Cardinal Manning, Bl. Dominic Barberi, Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham, Pope Paul VI Canonization of English Martyrs and John Fisher and Thomas More, The Lady of All Nations-Amsterdam and Pope John Paul II. Written by
John Bird
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