Blessed Robert Dalby

Memorial

• 16 March

Profile

Protestant minister. Convert to Catholicism. Studied in Douai and Rheims in France. Ordained in 1588, he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics. Arrested for the crime of priesthood in 1589, he was martyred with Blessed John Amias.

Born

• at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 16 March 1589 at York, England

Venerated

• 9 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
• 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

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
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Robert Dalby”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 March 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-robert-dalby/>