SAINT
saint-john-houghton
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
John Houghton, OCart 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.
feast Day
05-04
birth Date
c. 1487
death Date
4 May 1535 (aged 47–48)
canonization Status
canonized
canonization Date
25 October 1970
canonized By
Pope Paul VI
feast Month
5
feast Day Of Month
4

