Robert Salt
Carthusian monk of the London Charterhouse, martyr under Henry VIII
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology for 9 June records that at London in England, Blessed Robert Salt, a monk of the Charterhouse of that city and a martyr, held firmly to his loyalty to the Church against King Henry VIII and, held in the prison of Newport, died there of hunger.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He kept his loyalty to the Church firmly against King Henry VIII and died of hunger in prison.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.