ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS SEPTEMBER 20, Bl. Thomas Johnson,

 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS SEPTEMBER 20 

Bl. Thomas Johnson, 1537 A.D. English Carthusian Martyr. A priest and member of the London Charterhouse, he was arrested with fellow monks for opposing the claim by King Henry VIII of spiritual supremacy over the English Church. Imprisoned at Newgate, Thomas was starved to death.