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   ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June BLESSED WALTER PIERSON, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales In 1537, during the reign of King Henry VIII of England, Walter Pierson (Gualterus), a Carthusian brother, was murdered along with eight fellow monks for the Catholic faith. Their martyrdom took place in Newgate, London. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 766) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

  WELCOME! BL. WILLIAM GREENWOOD, CARTHUSIAN MARTYR A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) ⬅️ Forty Holy Martyrs of England and Wales In June 1537, William Greenwood (Grenewode), a Carthusian brother, was killed with several of his fellow monks by slow starvation. Their martyrdom took place at Newgate, London, under Henry VIII. The names of his fellow sufferers, according to the English Martyrs' Calendar *, are as follows: priests Thomas Johnson, Richard Bere and Thomas Green (Greene), monk John Davy, and lay brothers Thomas Redyng, Thomas Scryven and Walter Pierson. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 797) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the Carthusian Martyrs may increase our devotion and promote our salvation....