John Jones (martyr)

Saint

John Jones
aka "Godfrey Maurice"

A detail from a stained glass depiction of Franciscan Saints above the high altar at the former Chilworth Friary of the Holy Ghost
Martyr
Bornc. 1530
Clynnog Fawr, Wales
Died12 July 1598
Southwark, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Major shrinePontoise
Feast12 July, 25 October (with the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Attributesrope, Franciscan habit, martyr's palm

John Jones O.F.M (c. 1530 - 12 July 1598), also known as John Buckley, John Griffith, Godfrey Maurice (in religion),[1] or Griffith Jones, was a Franciscan priest and martyr. He was born at Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd), Wales, and was executed 12 July 1598 at Southwark, England. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

  1. ^ Anne Hope (1878). Franciscan martyrs in England. Oxford University.