Blessed John Rochester

Memorial

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

Profile

Son of John Rochester of Terling and Grisold of Bobbingworth. Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Priest. Exiled by the government to the Charterhouse of Saint Michael at Hull, Yorkshire. Martyred with Blessed James Walworth for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church.

Born

• c.1498 at Tealing, Essex, England

Died

• hanged in chains from the battlements of York, England on 11 May 1537

Beatified

• 20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John Rochester”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 September 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-rochester/>