Bl. Robert Morton
Feastday: August 28
1588
English martyr. Born in Bawtry, Yorkshire, he left England and studied for the priesthood at Reirns and Rome. After ordination in 1587, he returned home immediately and was soon arrested. He was executed at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Robert was beatified in 1929 as one of the Martyrs of London of 1588.
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