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Robert Lawrence
English Carthusian martyr
SaintUnited KingdomCarthusian OrderPre-congregation
Feast: 4 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1485
Died
1535
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
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.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q7346756 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Robert Lawrence (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
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