SAINT
saint-martyrs-of-gorkum
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
The Martyrs of Gorkum were a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious, who were hanged on 9 July 1572 in the town of Brielle by militant Dutch Calvinists during the 16th-century religious wars—specifically, the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, which developed into the Eighty Years' War.
feast Day
07-09
death Date
9 July 1572
canonization Status
canonized
canonization Date
29 June 1867
canonized By
Pope Pius IX
feast Month
7
feast Day Of Month
9

