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Cardinal John Fisher, bishop of Rochester
(1469 c.-1535)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Fisher, John Abraham, 1744-1806
DNB:    Fisher, John [St John Fisher] (c.1469–1535), bishop of Rochester, cardinal, and martyr
LBT ID: JoFishe1535    VIAF ID: 32303805    LOC ID: n83148808
B/BAP:   1469
DIED:   1535-06-22
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Professor of divinity at Cambridge, he was appointed bishop of Rochester in 1504; he was martyred for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the church in England.
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