Blessed Richard Bere

Also known as

• John Bere

Memorial

• 31 August
• 4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)

Profile

Nephew of Richard Bere, abbot of Glastonbury. Educated at the Glastonbury abbey school and then Oxford. He refused an arranged marriage, and studied law at the Chancery in London. He then abandoned the law and in 1523 became a Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Imprisoned and martyred with several of his brothers for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy acknowledging King Henry VIII as head of the Church.

Born

• Glastonbury, England

Died

• starved to death on 9 August 1537 in Newgate prison, London, England

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 Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Richard Bere“. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 April 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>