Saint Swithun Wells
- 10 December
- 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Profile
Married layman teacher in the apostolic vicariate of England. Martyred in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for having provided shelter to priests, noteably Saint Edmund Gennings and Saint Polydore Plasden, hiding from the anti–Catholic authorities, and for permitting Mass to be celebrated in his house.
Born
- hanged, drawn and quartered on 10 December 1591 in Tyburn, London, England
- 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Saint Swithun Wells“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 April 2016. Web. 25 July 2017. <>