02Knights Templar - Julian Emperor

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of London by order of Elizabeth. Although he was cleared of
treason, he was to face more accusations of disloyalty to the
Queen in 1589.This time it was claimed that, when England
had been faced with the naval threat of the Armada, Howard
had actively prayed for a Spanish victory. Interestingly, the
judges concluded that praying was not evidence of treason and
yet still proclaimed his guilt and passed the death sentence.
His life was spared although he was kept a prisoner by
Elizabeth for the rest of his life. He died in 1595, primarily
because of the privations of his imprisonment. He remained
loyal to the Roman Catholic faith and was amongst the Forty
Martyrs of England and Wales who were canonised by Pope
PaulVI in 1970.
King Charles I
It may come as a surprise to many to learn that Charles I, the
English monarch who was executed following the English
Civil War, was canonised by the Church of England after the
restoration of the monarchy. He was born on 19 November
1600 and was the second son of James VI, King of Scotland
and Anne of Denmark and Norway. He caused considerable
controversy when, on 11 May 1625, he married Henrietta
Maria of France who was a Roman Catholic. His coronation
took place on 2 February 1626 amidst concerns that privately
he had Roman Catholic sympathies.
Like his father, who became James I of England, Charles
believed in the Divine Right of Kings, arguing that, as a king,
he was ultimately answerable only to God. He also caused
consternation to many by linking himself to a number of controversial
ecclesiastical figures. When the cleric Richard
Montagu was attacked in parliament by Puritans for a pam-
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