Blessed Richard Bere

Memorial: 31 August
4 May (as one of the Carthusian Martyrs)
Profile: Nephew of Richard Bere, abbot of Glastonbury. Educated at the Glastonbury abbey school and then Oxford. He refused an arranged marriage, and studied law at the Chancery in London. He then abandoned the law and in 1523 became a Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Imprisoned and martyred with several of his brothers for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy acknowledging King Henry VIII as head of the Church.
Born: Glastonbury, England
Died: starved to death on 9 August 1537 in Newgate prison, London, England
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
Additional Information: Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
New Catholic Dictionary
Shrine of Our Lady of Glastonbury
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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