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St. John Fisher (1535) martyred by the Anglicans for not denying the Papacy
Spirituality
When St. Thomas Aquinas chose to become a Dominican (c. 1245) he met with âsevere opposition from his family⌠St. Thomas was literally captured by his brothers and imprisoned in the family castle⌠The most dramatic episode of his imprisonment, came when his brothers sent a temptress to his quarters. As soon as St. Thomas saw that the girlâs intention was to seduce him, he ran to the fireplace, seized a burning stick and, brandishing it, chased her from the room with it.  Then he traced a cross on the wall with the charred wood. When he fell asleep soon afterward, he dreamed that two Angels came and girded him about the waist with a cord, saying: âOn Godâs behalf we gird you with the girdle of chastity, a girdle which no attack will ever destroy.ââ (33 Doctors of the Church, p. 367)
Doctrine
When St. John Fisher (1535) âhad finished the hymn [ready to be martyred by the Anglicans for not denying the Papacy] he bowed his head beneath the sword of the executioner, gave up his soul to God, and received the crown of justice. His head, fixed on a pike, was exposed to the sight of all on London Bridge, but was afterwards taken away, because it was said that the longer it remained the more ruddy [full of life] and venerable it seemed to grow.â (The Rise and Growth of the Anglican Schism, p. 122)
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