Back جون هوتون (قديس كاثوليكى من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا) ARZ Jan Houghton Czech John Houghton (Märtyrer) German Juan Houghton Spanish Jean Houghton French John Houghton (mairtíreach) Irish John Houghton Italian John Houghton (karteuser) NB Jan Houghton Polish John Houghton (mártir) Portuguese
Saint John Houghton | |
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&sq=NATO&lang=en&file=File:John_Houghton.jpeg) Blessed John Houghton, by Francisco Zurbarán | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1487[1] Essex, England[2] |
| Died | 4 May 1535 (aged 47–48) Tyburn, London, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 4 May, 25 October |
| Attributes | Carthusian habit, noose in neck, heart in hand, knife, book, martyr's palm |
John Houghton, OCart (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) 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.[3]
- ^ Hendriks, Lawrence. The London Charterhouse, London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889
- ^ Gasquet, Francis Aidan. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries, G. Bell, 1906, p. 60
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- ^ "St. John Houghton", FaithND
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