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    John Fisher (1469 - 1535)

    Saint John Fisher

    BIRTH 19 Oct 1469 Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England DEATH 22 Jun 1535 (aged 65) Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

    Roman Catholic Saint.

    Bishop of Rochester. Born at Beverley, Yorkshire, England, the eldest son of Robert and Agnes Fisher.

    In his youth he had a strong aversion to Christianity.

    In 1484 he moved to Michaelhouse, Cambridge and took a theology degree in 1487 and another in 1491; after which he served as parish preist in Northallerton, Yorkshire for four years. In 1497, he left Yorkshire for a position as Master of Michaelhouse, and at about the same time became chaplain to Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.

    In he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1504 as well as the Bishop of Rochester. In 1509, upon Henry VII's death, Fisher delivered the king's funeral oration. in 1527 he was asked to study Henry VIII's marriage.

    Henry wished to discard his wife on the groun