Saint John Houghton | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:John_Houghton.jpeg) Blessed John Houghton, by Francisco Zurbarán | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1487[1] Essex, England[2] |
| Died | 4 May 1535 (aged 47–48) Tyburn, London, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 4 May 25 October |
| Attributes | Carthusian habit, noose in neck, heart in hand, knife, book, martyr's palm |
John Houghton, OCart (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first of the Carthusians to die as a martyr. As one of the Carthusian Martyrs of London he is among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.[3]
- ^ Hendriks, Lawrence. The London Charterhouse, London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889
- ^ Gasquet, Francis Aidan. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries, G. Bell, 1906, p. 60
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- ^ "St. John Houghton", FaithND[permanent dead link]
