Priest and Martyr · Remembered on December 10
St. John Roberts
St. John Roberts is remembered on December 10 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | December 10 |
|---|---|
| Title | Priest and Martyr |
| Died | 1610 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A Welsh convert who became a Benedictine at Valladolid and returned to England repeatedly — expelled four times, he came back five — serving London heroically through the plague of 1603. Taken at Mass in his vestments, he told the court he would have brought them all back to the faith of their fathers, and went to Tyburn cheerful, aged thirty-three.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. John Roberts. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. John Roberts keeps December 10 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of December.
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