Wednesday, June 15, 2005

All were starved to death at Newgate.

Bls. Thomas Green, Thomas Scryven, and Thomas Reding Feastday: June 15 1537
English Carthusian martyrs. Thomas Green studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, entering the London Charterhouse of the Carthusians where he took vows and received ordination. Arrested for opposing King Henry VIII's (r. 1509-1547) claim of spiritual supremacy over the English Church, Thomas was imprisoned with two other Carthusians, the lay brothers Thomas Scryven and Thomas Reding, and four other companions. All were starved to death at Newgate.

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