Blessed Walter Pierson

Memorial

• 10 June
• 11 May as one of the English Carthusian Martyrs

Profile

Carthusian lay brother in the London Charterhouse. Arrested with his brothers for opposing the takeover of the Church by King Henry VIII. Chained standing up in Newgate Prison and left to starve. Martyr.

Died

• starved to death on 10 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England

Beatified

• 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Walter, 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
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Walter Pierson”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-walter-pierson/>