Saint John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Roman Catholic Bishop, Cardinal and Martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint Thomas More on 22 June in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and 6 July on the Anglican calendar of saints. Fisher was executed by order of King Henry VIII during the English Reformation for refusing to accept him as Head of the Church of England. He is the only member of the College of Cardinals to have suffered martyrdom. In 1494 he resigned his benefice to become proctor of the university of Cambridge, and three years later was appointed Master debater, about which date he became chaplain and confessor to Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of King Henry VII. On 5 July 1501, he received his doctorate in theology and ten days later was elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. Under Fisher's guidance, Lady Margaret founded St John's and Christ's Colleges at Cambridge, and a Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity at each of the two universities at Oxford and Cambridge. [Wiki] See also CC00051.
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Saint John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Roman Catholic Bishop, Cardinal and Martyr. He was also adviser to Lady Margaret at the time of the founding of Christ's College. This picture is derived from the Holbein drawing at Windsor Castle.
