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Cuthbert Mayne (c. 1543–29 November 1577) was an English Catholic priest executed under the laws of Elizabeth I. He was the first of the seminary priests trained on the Continent to be martyred. Mayne was beatified in 1886 and canonised as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales in 1970.
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St. Cuthbert Mayne (born 1544, near Barnstaple, Devon, England—died November 30, 1577, Launceston, Cornwall; canonized October 25, 1970; feast day October 25) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales executed during the persecution of Roman Catholics under the English queen Elizabeth I.
seminary priest and martyr. Born at Youlston (N. Devon) and educated as a member of the Church of England at Barnstaple Grammar School, he was given the living of Huntshaw parish at the age of seventeen through an uncle's influence and was later ordained in the Anglican church.
Cuthbert Mayne was ordained a priest at Douai in 1575 and on 7th February, the following year, he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Theology of Douai University. Shortly afterwards, on 24th April 1576, he left for the English mission in the company of another priest, John Payne.
Mar 20, 2020 · On this day in Tudor history, 20th March 1544, Cuthbert Mayne (Main/Maine) or St Cuthbert Mayne, Roman Catholic priest and martyr, was baptised in Youlston in North Devon. Cuthbert Mayne has gone down in history as the first seminary priest to be martyred.
Summary: St Cuthbert Mayne is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised by Pope Paul VI on 25th Oct. 1970. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, became a priest and and was martyred for his faith.
