John Houghton, Carthusian monk and saint

John Houghton (martyr)

English Carthusian hermit and Catholic martyr

John Houghton, OCart was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first of the Carthusians to die as a martyr. As one of the Carthusian Martyrs of London he is among…