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Robert Anderton (c. 1560 – 25 April 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest and martyr. He has been declared ‘Blessèd’ by the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is 25 April.He was born in Lancashire around 1560. He graduated from Oxford University in 1578. Shortly thereafter he went abroad and converted to Roman Catholicism. He entered the college at Reims in 1580 and there met William Marsden.