Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
January 21
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe, O.S.B., was a Benedictine priest and martyr of the English Catholic Reformation. Born in England, he converted to Catholicism and studied at the English College in Douai, France, though he was dismissed for a disciplinary infraction. He entered the Benedictine Order at Dieulouard, France, in 1612, receiving priestly ordination....