Wednesday, November 13, 2019

BLESSED JOHN LARKE

Bl. John Larke

Feast day: March 7
Death: 1544
English martyr and priest. John Larke served as a pastor in Bishopgate, Woodford, Essex, and then Chelsea until his arrest for opposing the religious supremacy of King Henry VIII of England . He was executed at Tybum with John Ireland and Jermyn Gardiner. His longtime patron was St. Thomas More.

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