Good morning, Below is a URL that was posted on GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com which gives a brief overview of the people who were 1st persecuted by British monarchs (hanged, beheaded, etc) and later recognized and beatified by the church. I was stunned at how familiar so many of the names were....many of them appearing regularly on these lists. It gave new many to the term "religious persecution" to me. Enjoy, Malinda Jones "Margaret Pole was beatified (with 49 other English Martyrs) by Leo XIII, 29 December 1886. There is a list of the English martyrs and confessors in the Catholic Encyclopedia, though without their dates of beatification. It can be found at:" http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05474a.htm