SAINT
saint-thomas-pickering
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Thomas Pickering was a Benedictine lay brother who served in England during the time of recusancy in the late seventeenth century. He was martyred as a result of the fraudulent claims of Titus Oates that he was part of a plot to murder King Charles II.
feast Day
05-09
birth Date
c. 1621
death Date
9 May 1679 (aged 57)
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
5
feast Day Of Month
9
