Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More
Jun 22, 2021
Patron Saint of Lawyers (St. Thomas More)
The lives of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More are very closely linked, and thus it is quite appropriate that the Church celebrate their feasts together.
They are both renowned Englishmen martyred within two weeks of each other for the same cause of defending religious liberty, the sanctity of marriage and Papal authority against State usurpation. They were both associates of King Henry VIII before his apostasy, and it was at his hands that they both suffered martyrdom.