Saint Robert Lawrence OCart. | |
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Martyr | |
Born | c.1485 |
Died | 4 May 1535 (aged 49 - 50) Tyburn, London, England |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII |
Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
Feast | 4 May (individual), 25 October (collectively with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales) |
Attributes | martyr's palm |
Robert Lawrence, OCart (died 4 May 1535) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn for declining to sign the Oath of Supremacy. His feast day is 4 May.