Saint David Lewis, Usk, Wales
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N 51° 42.200 W 002° 54.385
30U E 506466 N 5728046
Near this plot Saint David Lewis S.J. Catholic Martyr was executed for his faith 1679
Waymark Code: WM2W57
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/29/2007
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St. David Lewis was hanged, drawn and quartered near this spot in 1679, for High Treason, having been condemned as a Roman Catholic priest and for saying Roman Catholic Masses.
This was during the reign of Charles II, and his execution was connected with the so-called "Popish Plot" a Catholic conspiracy against the Crown that did not exist, other than as the invention of a conspiracy. Such were the convolutions of power and religion at the time.
In 1970 Pope Paul VI canonized a group, including David Lewis, known as the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
This plaque was placed by Usk Civic Society There is a BBC article about the plaque here