Robert Watkinson
priest and martyr at Tyburn
Feast: 20 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At London, again in England, Blesseds Francis Page, of the Society of Jesus, and Robert Watkinson, priests and martyrs, who, for their priesthood, begun for one of them barely a month before, were forced under Queen Elizabeth I to mount the scaffold at Tyburn together.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 20 April as a priest who mounted the scaffold at Tyburn under Queen Elizabeth I for his priesthood, begun for one of the two barely a month before.
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.
Connected on this site
- Francis Page Blessed“Francis Page was a Jesuit who was put to death at Tyburn on 20 April 1602, under Elizabeth I, together with the priests Thomas Tichborne and Robert Watkinson.” — this site's research
- Thomas Tichborne Blessed“Thomas Tichborne was a priest who was put to death at Tyburn on 20 April 1602, under Elizabeth I, together with Robert Watkinson and the Jesuit Francis Page.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 20 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q131702137 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.