Blessed Everard Hanse

Memorial

• 30 July

Profile

Educated at Cambridge University. Anglican minister. A near-fatal illness caused him to re-examine his life and ministery. With the support of his brother, William, he converted to Catholicism in 1568. Studied in Rheims, France, and was ordained on 25 March 1581. Sailed for England on 24 April 1581 with a plan to minister to covert Catholics. Captured soon after in the Marshalsea prison while visiting Catholic prisoners. Found guilty of the crime of persuading others to join the Catholic Church; martyr.

Born

• Northamptonshire, England

Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered on 31 July 1581 at Tyburn, London, England

Beatified

• 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Everard, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
     39 Eccleston Square
     London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

Readings

Oh happy day! - Blessed Everard’s dying words

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Everard Hanse“. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 January 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>