February 8,1586: Queen Mary of Scots was executed.

At Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, on 7 February 1587, Queen Mary was told that she was to be executed the next day. She spent the last hours of her life in prayer and also writing letters and her will.

At her execution, on 8 February 1587, the executioners knelt before her and asked forgiveness. According to a contemporaneous account by Robert Wingfield, she replied, “I forgive you with all my heart”.

She was then blindfolded and knelt down on the cushion in front of the block. She positioned her head on the block and stretched her arms out behind her. Before she died, Fr. John Laux relates in his Church History that her last words were, “My faith is the ancient Catholic faith. It is for this faith that I give up my life. In Thee I trust, O Lord; into Thy hands I commend my spirit.”

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