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Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe
Feast Day: 21 January; 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales; 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
Born: 1583 in Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Venerated In: 8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe, O.S.B., was a Benedictine priest and martyr of the English Catholic Reformation. Born in England, he converted to Catholicism and studied at the English College in Douai, France, though he was dismissed for a disciplinary infraction. He entered the Benedictine Order at Dieulouard, France, in 1612, receiving priestly ordination. Returning to England as a missionary, he dedicated himself to ministering to Catholics during a period of intense persecution. His clandestine work led to his arrest and exile in 1
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