Blessed George Gervase

Memorial
11 April
Profile
Spent an adventurous youth, travelling to the West Indies with the explorer Sir Francis Drake. Studied at Douai, France. Ordained in 1603. Benedictine. Missionary to England. Martyr.
Born
at Bosham, Sussex, England
Died
martyred in 1608 at Tyburn, England
Beatified
1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized
pending
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