Robert Lawrence (martyr)

Saint

Robert Lawrence

OCart.
Martyr
Bornc.1485
Died4 May 1535 (aged 49 - 50)
Tyburn, London, England
Honored inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Feast4 May (individual), 25 October (collectively with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
Attributesmartyr'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.