Tag: Who was William Greenwood?

Blessed William (Died 6th June 1537) was one of the eighteen Carthusian Martyrs of London. All but two of them resided at their Charterhouse Monastery in Smithfield. The Carthusian’s were an enclosed Order of Monks, founded by St Bruno of Cologne in 1084. They lived an austere and withdrawn life of contemplation and prayer. During…