St. Robert Lawrence - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Robert Lawrence - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Robert Lawrence, Roman Catholic English Carthusian monk and Martyr. when King Henry VIII of England broke with Rome and launched the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Robert went with St. John Houghton to see Thomas Cromwell, who had them arrested and placed in the Tower of London. When they refused to sign the Oath of Supremacy, they were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, making them among the first Carthusian martyrs in England. Feastday May 4
St. Robert Lawrence, Roman Catholic English Carthusian monk and Martyr. when King Henry VIII of England broke with Rome and launched the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Robert went with St. John Houghton to see Thomas Cromwell, who had them arrested and placed in the Tower of London. When they refused to sign the Oath of Supremacy, they were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, making them among the first Carthusian martyrs in England. Feastday May 4
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