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Blessed Robert Watkinson

20 April

Profile

Priest in the apostolic vicariate of England. Only a month after his ordination, he was imprisoned and executed in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

in Hemingbrough, North Yorkshire, England

hanged on 20 April 1602 in Tyburn, London, England

8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Additional Information

Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

siti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Robert Watkinson“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 November 2023. Web. 3 May 2024. <>