In this second episode, I focus on a personal hero who was extremely educated, reached the highest professional heights, lived a rich family life, had many friends yet died in the Tower of London alone as a martyr for his Roman Catholic faith. In my childhood, I developed an admiration to this man who lived nearly 500 years ago. As a parishioner of St. Thomas More parish on Chicago’s southwest side, I grew to develop a devotion to this saint would always play a role in my life.