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- Miles Gerard (born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.
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Miles Gerard (born about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.
Miles Gerard. Martyr of England with Blessed Francis Dickinson. He was born in Lancashire, England, and went to Douai and Reims where he was ordained in 1583. Returning from England, he was arrested when the ship that he and Francis were using wrecked at Kent.
Blessed Miles Gerard, also known as Blessed Myles Gerard, was born in Ince, Lancashire, England. He dedicated his life to the service of God and the Catholic Church during a tumultuous period in English history when Catholicism faced severe persecution under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Apr 30, 2000 · Learn about the life of Blessed Miles Gerard, a schoolmaster turned priest who was martyred for his Catholic Faith during the Protestant Reformation.
Nov 17, 2023 · Miles Gerard. Born about 1552 in Ince Old Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, England. Ancestors. Son of William Gerard and [mother unknown] [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Grace Hesketh — married 1586 [location unknown] Descendants. Father of Cicely (Gerrard) Singleton. Died 1615at about age 63 [location unknown]
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Gerard, MILES, VENERABLE, martyr; b. about 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. Sprung perhaps from the Gerards of Ince, he was, about 1576, tutor to the children of Squire Edward Tyldesley, at Morleys, Lancashire. Thence in 1579 he went to the seminaries of Douai and Reims, where he was ordained April 7, 1583, and then ...
gerard, miles, bl. Priest, martyr; alias William Richardson; b. ca. 1550, Ince, near Wigan, Lancashire, England; hanged, drawn, and quartered at Rochester, April 13 or 30, 1590. Before beginning his seminary studies at Douai, then Rheims, Gerard was tutor to the children of Sir Edward Tyldesley, at Morleys, Lancashire.