Blessed John Larke

Memorial

• 7 March

Profile

Parish priest. Rector of Saint Ethelburga’s, Bishopgate, London, England from 1504 to 1524. Rector of Woodford, Essex from 1526 to 1527. Rector at Chelsea, London. Friend of and imprisoned with Saint Thomas More. Martyred with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Ireland for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church, and for the crime of being a priest.

Died

• martyred on 7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed John, 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
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• For All The Saints
• Hagiography Circle
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John Larke”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 March 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-larke/>