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Also known as

• John Bere

Memorial

• 9 August
• 4 May as one of the Carthusian Martyrs
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Profile

Nephew of Richard Bere, abbot of Glastonbury. Educated at the Glastonbury abbey school and then Oxford. He refused an arranged marriage, and studied law at the Chancery in London. He then abandoned the law and in 1523 became a Carthusian choir monk at the London Charterhouse. Imprisoned and martyred with several of his brothers for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy acknowledging King Henry VIII as head of the Church.

Born

• Glastonbury, England

Died

• starved to death on 9 August 1537 in Newgate prison, London, England

Beatified

• 20 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Richard Bere“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 May 2024. Web. 4 June 2024. <>