Blessed Robert Johnson
- Memorial
- 28 May
- Profile
- Studied at Rheims, France, and Rome, Italy.
Ordained at Douai, France in 1576.
He then returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in the London area.
Arrested in 1580 in connection with the non-existent Rheims and Rome Plot.
Imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Tried and convicted with Saint Edmund Campion and others.
Martyr.
- Born
- in Shropshire, England
- Died
- hanged, drawn and quartered in 1582 at Tyburn, London, England
- Beatified
- 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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