ENGLISH MARTYRS
CANONISATION POSSIBLE (Received Dec. 21, 2 p.m.) VATICAN CITY, Dec. 20. It is expected that the fourhundredth anniversary of the martrydoni of Thomas More and John Fisher, Avho Avere beheaded in 1535 and beatified in 1887, Avill he celebrated by their canonisation. The Pope is receiving thousands of letters from England urging that More and Fisher Avere devoted supporters of papal supremacy and the sacrament of marriage, ivhich arc important principles to-day.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18586, 21 December 1934, Page 13
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74ENGLISH MARTYRS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18586, 21 December 1934, Page 13
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