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The following is a list of people, who were killed by Henry VIII, and later Canonized as Saints by the Catholic Church.

Thomas More: Lord Chancellor, Statesman, Author, Henry VIII's best friend (at one point)- Beheaded on July 6, 1535/Canonized in 1935 by Pope Pius XI

John Fisher: Cardinal, Bishop, former Chaplin and confessor to Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, and grandmother of Henry VIII. Under Fisher's guidance, Lady Margaret founded St. John's and Christ's Colleges at Cambridge. Beheaded on June 22, 1535/Canonized in 1935 by Pope Pius XI

There are also fifty four (54) English Martyrs who were beatified by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886 but have not been canonized, (they are "Blessed" but not Saints.) who were also executed under Henry VIII, by means of drawing, quartering, and hanging. This type of execution was horrific compared to being beheaded.

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