Blessed Humphrey Middlemore

Memorial

• 19 June
• 4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)

Profile

Carthusian monk at the London Charterhouse. Priest. Procurator on the London Charterhouse. When he refused to recognize the validity of King Henry VIII‘s marriage with Anne Boleyn, he was imprisoned and martyred with two brother monks for treason.

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 19 June 1535 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Humphrey, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM