The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales were forty men and women, clerical and lay, martyred by the Protestant authorities in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679 for their loyalty to Roman catholicism. They were canonised by Pope Paul VI on 25 October 1970.
The forty were:
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
John Pain John Plesington John Southworth Luke Kirby Polydore Plasden, 1591 Ralph Sherwin Laymen John Rigby Philip Howard Richard Gwyn Swithun Wells, schoolmaster, 1591 Laywomen Anne Line Margaret Clitherow Margaret Ward