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title: "St. John Roberts: Feast Day December 10 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-roberts/
description: "St. John Roberts, Priest and Martyr. Remembered on December 10, died 1610. Read their life in Bless."
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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](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/#10) |
| Title | Priest and Martyr |
| Died | 1610 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, December 10, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-roberts/#calendar) |

## 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.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, December 10, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/10/) | Thursday of the Second Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 41:13-20 · Psalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab · See Isaiah 45:8 · Matthew 11:11-15 |
| [Friday, December 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/10/) | Friday of the Second Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 48:17-19 · Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 · Matthew 11:16-19 |
| [Sunday, December 10, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/10/) | Second Sunday of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 11:1-10 · Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 · Romans 15:4-9 · Luke 3:4, 6 · Matthew 3:1-12 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[December 9 St. Juan Diego](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-juan-diego/) [December 11 St. Damasus I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damasus-i/)

[All the saints of December](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/) [Born on December 10?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#12-10) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. John Roberts

Remembered on December 10

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-roberts/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-roberts/#calendar)

In the app

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