John Felton (martyr)

John Felton (fl. before 1566 - died 8 August 1570) was an English Catholic martyr, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Felton was arrested for fixing a copy of Pope Pius V's bull Regnans in Excelsis excommunicating Queen Elizabeth, to the gates of the Bishop of London's palace near St. Paul's.

This article is about the English Catholic martyr. For the assassin of the Duke of Buckingham, see John Felton (assassin).
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John Felton
Martyr
BornBermondsey Abbey, near Southwark
Died8 August 1570
St. Paul's Churchyard, London
Honored inRoman Catholicism
Beatified29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Feast8 August
AttributesMartyr's palm, scroll with the Emblem of the Papacy

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