Blessed John Larke

Memorial: 7 March
Profile: Parish priest. Rector of Saint Ethelburga's, Bishopgate, London from 1504-1542. Rector of Woodford, Essex 1526-1527. Rector at Chelsea. Friend of and imprisoned with Saint Thomas More. Martyred with Blessed German Gardiner and Blessed John Ireland for denying that the King of England had supremacy over the Church, and for the crime of being a priest.
Died: martyred on 7 March 1544 at Tyburn, London, England
Name Meaning: God is gracious; gift of God
Beatified: 29 December 1886
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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