Oaten Hill Martyrs

For the Protestant martyrs of 1555 to 1558, see Canterbury Martyrs.

Oaten Hill Martyrs (Blessed Robert Wilcox, Blessed Gerard Edwardes a.k.a. "Edward Campion", Blessed Christopher Buxton and Blessed Robert Widmerpool)

The Oaten Hill Martyrs were Catholic Martyrs who were executed by hanging, drawing and quartering at Oaten Hill, Canterbury, on 1 October 1588. The gallows had been put up in 1576. These four were beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.[1]

  1. ^ Oaten Hill Martyrs Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine