Corrections to C.A. Newdigate’s “Our Martyrs”

Abstract

Fr. Newdigate's pamphlet is such a valuable reference book that it is worth making it as accurate as possible. It is particularly important that the date of martyrdom should be correct. According to the official list, seven of the martyrs died on Sunday. This is extremely improbable. For six of these there is evidence for a different date. The following notes are concerned only with the sort of information that the pamphlet seeks to give.