Saint Robert Lawrence

Also known as

• Robert Laurence

Memorial

• 22 November
• 4 May (Carthusians)
• 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

Profile

Carthusian priest. Prior of the Carthusian charterhouse of Beauvale in Nottingham, England. Martyred with several brother Carthusians. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

• English

Died

hanged, drawn and quartered on 4 May 1535 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 9 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr
• Kirken i Norge
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Robert Lawrence“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 May 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>