Blessed James Walworth

Memorial

• 11 May
• 4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)

Profile

Carthusian priest and choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Exiled by the government to the Charterhouse of Saint Michael at Hull, Yorkshire. Martyred with Blessed John Rochester.

Born

• English

Died

hanged in chains on 11 May

1537 from the battlements of York, England

Beatified

• 20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

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

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed James Walworth”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 September 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-james-walworth/>