Blessed William Carter

Memorial

• 11 January
• 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales

Profile

Married layman. Apprentice to several Catholic printers. Imprisoned and tortured for 18 months for “printing lewd (i.e., Catholic) pamphlets,” possessing books upholding Catholicism, hiding vestments and other equipment in his home. His wife died while he was in jail. Eventually charged with printing and publishing the Treatise of Schisme, which allegedly incited violence by Catholics and which was said to have been written by a traitor and addressed to traitors; the jury debated 15 minutes before returning a guilty verdict. One of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales.

Born

• c.1549 at London, England

Died

• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 11 January 1584 at Tyburn, London, England

Venerated

• 10 November 1986 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed William, 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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed William Carter”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-william-carter/>