Home >> Society >> Religion and Spirituality >> Christianity >> Denominations >> Catholicism >> Saints >> C >> Blessed Christopher Robinson Christopher Robinson (21 January, 1828 – 31 October, 1905) was a Canadian lawyer and prosecutor known for representing the Government of Canada in a total of high profile subjects & international disputes. He twice represented a crown prosecution after Patrick John Whelan appealed his conviction for the murder of D'Arcy McGee and was the prosecuting attorney that prevailed in the trial of Louis Riel. Within his down the road career, he represented crown interests in the Bering Sea Arbitration of 1893, and was selected by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to represent a American position around the dispute using the United States regarding the boundries of Alaska. Robinson declined the knighthood in 1894. He died within Toronto, Ontario on 31 October 1905. Christopher Robinson Profile of the English martyr, hanged in 1598 for being a priest, and beatified in 1987. Ven. Christopher Robinson Wrote an account of the martyrdom of St. John Boste. Was himself martyred for being a priest, in 1598.
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