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Thomas Welbourne
English Roman Catholic martyr
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Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1501
Died
1 August 1605
verified
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Thomas Welbourne was a Yorkshire schoolmaster. With John Fulthering, a layman, he zealously urged his neighbours to embrace the Catholic faith.
For this they were condemned for high treason and executed at York on 1 August 1605.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A schoolmaster who died for sharing his faith.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Thomas Welbourne
- Wikidata Q7794962 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Welbourne (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.