Feast May 22
Blessed John Forest
Blessed · Martyr · Feast May 22
Biography
John Forest was an English Franciscan friar and martyr. Confessor to Catherine of Aragon, Forest was burned to death at Smithfield for "heresy", in that he refused to acknowledge the King as head of the church.
Feast day
May 22
Birth date
c. 1471
Death date
22 May 1538 (aged 66–67)
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
5
Wikidata qid
Q4491842
Feast day of month
22