Blessed Robert Anderton

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

25 April; 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai; 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University

Born

C.1560 at Lancashire, England

Died

Hanged, drawn, and quartered on 25 April 1586 on the beach of the Isle of Wight, England

Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Venerated

8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Robert Anderton, also known as Blessed Robert Anderton of Lancashire, was born around the year 1560 in Lancashire, England. He is revered as a Catholic martyr and was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 15 December 1929.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1929-12-15 by 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Feast Days

April 25 October 29 December 1

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