The Daily Question

What additional item did John Fisher place on the altar during Mass?

Extra Candles
A Food Tray
Additional Books
A Human Scull
Your answer was: Additional Books
Answer: According to Wikipedia, John Fisher "was known to place a human skull on the altar during Mass and on the table during meals". John Fisher, like Tomas More, refused to support Henry VII's annulment marriage to Catherine of Aragon. John Fisher was found guilty of treason and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII and canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935.

 • Wikipedia - John Fisher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fisher)
 • Pope Pius XI Homily at the Canonization of St. Thomas More: By Pope Pius XI The Remnant (https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/3302-homily-at-the-canonization-of-st-thomas-more-by-pope-pius-xi)


John Fisher - Scott #115 (1946)
(from the Council of Trent issue)



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