Blessed John Rochester

Memorial: 11 May
4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)
Profile: Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Exiled by the government to the Charterhouse of Saint Michael at Hull, Yorkshire. Martyred with Blessed James Walworth for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church.
Born: c.1498 at Tealing, Essex, England
Died: hanged in chains from the battlements of York, England on 11 May
1537
Name Meaning: God is gracious; gift of God (John)
Beatified: 20 December 1886
Canonized: pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed John, contact
   Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
   39 Eccleston Square
   London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM
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