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The Modern Martyrs on Westminster Abbey, from left to right: KOLBE, MASEMOLA, LUWUM, ELIZABETH, KING, ROMERO, BONHOEFFER, JOHN, TAPIEDI, WANG ZHIMING

The Modern Martyrs are a set of ten niche statues just above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey in the City of Westminster, London.[1] The Abbey is known for its significant number of monuments and memorials as well as thousands of graves.[2][3]

Despite the section of the facade where they stand being built in the 15th century, they had never been filled with statues. They stand above four statues that represent Truth, Justice, Mercy and Peace which were installed in 1992.[4] The current martyr statues represent Christians of various denominations who died fighting for their beliefs or under religious persecution in the 20th century and were unveiled in 1998 by the Archbishop of Canterbury with Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and many religious leaders present. They were designed by Tim Crawley and installed as part of a broader restoration project for the whole Abbey.[5]

In 2024, a history of the lives of the Martyrs was written by James Hawkey, a Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey, titled The Noble Army: The Modern Martyrs of Westminster Abbey.[6]

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  1. ↑ isnt.co.uk, PixelToCode. "Modern Martyrs". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Heritage: Westminster Abbey prepares modern martyrs' corner". The Independent. 17 October 1997. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Stephen Hawking's ashes buried at Westminster Abbey". ABC News. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Bahl, Gaurav; Pathak, Rima Sanjay; Ko, Jenny J.; Sia, Michael; Bowering, Gale; Kollmannsberger, Christian K.; Tyldesley, Scott (20 February 2017). "Impact of modern treatment strategies on second cancer incidence for patients with early stage seminoma: A population-based study in British Columbia". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 35 (6_suppl): 423–423. doi:10.1200/jco.2017.35.6_suppl.423. ISSN 0732-183X.
  5. ↑ "BBC News | UK | Martyrs of the modern era". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Book review: The Noble Army: The modern martyrs of Westminster Abbey, edited by James Hawkey". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Maximilian Kolbe. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Manche Masemola. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Janani Luwum. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  11. ↑ Martin Luther King Jr. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Oscar Romero. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Esther John. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  15. ↑ Lucian Tapiedi. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  16. ↑ Wang Zhiming. Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
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