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John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1504 to 1535 and as chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is honoured as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.
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Born 19 October 1469 · Died 22 June 1535 · Q317149
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At the time when your majesty first showed your concern for us, learning had begun to decline among us—this may have been the result of constant litigation with the town, or of the frequent plagues that beset us so that we lost many of our leading scholars, or of the lack of patrons of learning. Whatever the cause, we should indeed have been reduced to despair had not your majesty shone down upon us like the rising sun itself.
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“At the time when your majesty first showed your concern for us, learning had begun to decline among us—this may have been the result of constant litigation with the town, or of the frequent plagues that beset us so that we lost many of our leading scholars, or of the lack of patrons of learning. Whatever the cause, we should indeed have been reduced to despair had not your majesty shone down upon us like the rising sun itself.”
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“And this our Lord God send you a mery Christmas”
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FanSided: How John Fisher betrayed Oakland (again) by finally spending on the Athletics
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2025· 1 entry
Mercury News: John Fisher is trying to sell his team — the San Jose Earthquakes
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2024· 2 entries
jezebel: John Fisher Murders the Oakland A’s, Demonstrating How Billionaires Are Leeches on Society
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FanSided: John Fisher angers Athletics fans one last time with farewell letter
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1980· 1 entry
Despite being an opponent of the English Reformation, Fisher was added to the Church of England's calendar of Saints and Heroes of the Christian Church, jointly with Thomas More, to be commemorated every 6 July (the date
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1535· 2 entries
Died 1535-06-22.
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Career landmark: cardinal (1535).
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1504· 1 entry
Career landmark: Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester (England) (1504–1535).
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1469· 1 entry
Born 1469-10-19.
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