The Fame of Blessed Thomas More Gordon the story of Sigurd and

the story of Sigurd and Nathalie could easily become the stuff of cheap propaganda

and—as evidenced by his 2015 canonization—a saintly heart

that God may reign over all

Edward Leen (1885–1944)

The Fame of Blessed Thomas More Gordon the story of Sigurd andSir Thomas More was raised to the altars of sainthood by Pope Pius XI in 1935, the fourth centenary of his martyrdom. Four hundred years to receive formal recognition of what evidently was well known all along: that Sir Thomas More of Chelsea, martyred under King Henry VII for his refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy, was a faithful servant of the Church and true saint of God. In 1929, seven of the leading men of the English Catholic Church gathered