was beatified on 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. He was canonised on 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales with a common feast day of 25 October. His individual feast day is celebrated on 1 December, the day of his martyrdom. A Catholic church in the Chellaston area of Derby, registered in January 1981, was dedicated to Ralph Sherwin. The church was demolished in 2018 to make space for a Lidl supermarket. There is a Sherwin Football Club based in the Normanton area of Derby. Founded in 1973, the club provides football and social opportunities for all ages and both genders in the local community. The club colours are purple with yellow trim. Notes External links "Blessed Ralph Sherwin" in Lives of the English Martyrs Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII by Edward S. Keogh, Dom Bede Camm. Vol. 2 (1905). (Vol. 1 has list of 63 martyrs and beatification decrees in English). 1550 births 1581 deaths Forty Martyrs of England and Wales People educated at Eton College English College, Douai alumni English College, Rome alumni Anglican priest converts to Roman Catholicism Catholic saints who converted from Protestantism 16th-century English Anglican priests English Roman Catholic saints Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests Inmates of the Marshalsea People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering Executed people from Derbyshire 16th-century Christian saints 16th-century Roman Catholic martyrs People from Derbyshire Dales (district) Beatifications by Pope Leo XIII Canonizations by Pope Paul VI