Feast July 9
Saint Sankt Villehad af Danmark
Martyr · Feast July 9
Biography
The Martyrs of Gorkum were a group of 19 Catholic clerics, secular and religious, in the Netherlands. They were hanged on 9 July 1572 in the town of Brielle by militant Calvinists during the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule.
Feast day
July 9
Birth date
1482
Death date
9 July 1572
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
29 June 1867
Canonized by
Pope Pius IX
Feast month
7
Wikidata qid
Q3436024
Content subtype
saint_biography
Feast day of month
9