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Blessed Walter Pierson

Blessed Walter Pierson Memorial

10 June
4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

Carthusian lay brother in the London Charterhouse. Arrested with his brothers for opposing the takeover of the Church by King Henry VIII. Chained standing up in Newgate Prison and left to starve. Martyr.

starved to death on 10 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England

29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

books
- Catholic Martyrs of England and Wales 1535-1680, by the Catholic Truth Society
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

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