Blessed Robert Salt

Memorial

• 16 June
• 4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)

Profile

Carthusian lay brother. Arrested on 29 May 1535 for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Martyred with five other Carthusian brothers.

Born

• English

Died

• starved to death on 9 June 1537 at 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
• Hagiography Circle
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Robert Salt”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 September 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-robert-salt/>