John Ireland

Who they were

At London in England, the Blessed martyrs John Larke and John Ireland, priests, and German Gardiner, who for their fidelity to the Roman Pontiff died by hanging at Tyburn, under King Henry VIII.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 March as a priest hanged at Tyburn under Henry VIII for his fidelity to the Roman Pontiff.

Connected on this site

• German Gardiner Blessed
  “His other companions at the bar were John Larke, and John Ireland, a priest who had once been Thomas More's chaplain.” — Wikipedia
• John Larke Blessed
  “At London in England, the Blessed martyrs John Larke and John Ireland, priests, and German Gardiner, who for their fidelity to the Roman Pontiff died by hanging at Tyburn, under King Henry VIII.” — this site's research