England. They are now kept in the Chapel of St George and the English Martyrs in Westminster Cathedral in London. Veneration He was beatified in 1929. In 1970, he was canonized by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. His feast day is 27 June celebrated in the Westminster diocese. He is a patron saint of priests. In 2014, The Guild of Saint John Southworth was established in Westminster Cathedral. Its members are volunteers who will meet visitors, answer their questions and guide them around the cathedral if they wish. This service is free. References 1592 births 1654 deaths English College, Douai alumni Executed people from Lancashire English saints English Roman Catholic saints 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Martyred Roman Catholic priests People executed under the Interregnum (England) by hanging 17th-century English Roman Catholic priests 17th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Incorrupt saints People executed at Tyburn