William Carter
English Roman Catholic printer and martyr
Feast: 11 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
William Carter, a London printer, served as secretary to the imprisoned Archdeacon Harpsfield and later set up his own press, printing Catholic books.
Imprisoned and racked, he was condemned for treason because a book he printed spoke of pious Judith slaying Holofernes, twisted into an incitement against the queen. He was executed at Tyburn on 11 January 1584.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A printer who died for spreading the Catholic faith.
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.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - William Carter
- Wikidata Q357410 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — William Carter (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.