Thomas Reding
Carthusian monk of the London Charterhouse, martyr under Henry VIII
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology for 16 June records that at London in England, Blessed Thomas Reding, a martyr and a monk of the Charterhouse of the city, upheld the unity of the Church firmly under King Henry VIII and, kept in chains for this in a squalid prison, died worn out by hunger and sickness.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He upheld the unity of the Church under King Henry VIII and died in prison of hunger and sickness.
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.