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.