Blessed Thomas Scryven

Memorial

• 15 June
• 4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

Carthusian choir monk of the Charterhouse in London, England. Martyred for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church.

Died

• starved to death on 15 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England

Beatified

• 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Thomas Scryven”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 September 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-thomas-scryven/>