June 6th

Blessed William Greenwood, Martyr

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · London, England, United Kingdom · d. 1537

In London, England, Blessed William Greenwood, martyr, of the Charterhouse of that city, who, for the steadfast fidelity he kept toward the Church under King Henry the Eighth, completed his martyrdom worn out by the squalor of prison, by hunger, and by disease.

Latin Original

Londínii in Anglia, beáti Guliélmi Greenwood, mártyris, e Cartásia huius civitátis, qui ob tenácem fidelitátem Ecclesiae servátam sub Henríco rege Octávo cárceris squalóre, fame et morbo conféctus martyrium complévit.