Felton, John, Blessed
Felton, John, Blessed
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 .