Francis Dickenson
priest and martyr at Rochester
Feast: 13 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Rochester in England, Blesseds Francis Dickenson and Miles Gerard, priests and martyrs, who, having returned to their own country from the English College at Reims to carry out the priestly ministry there in secret, were hanged on the gallows under Queen Elizabeth I and subjected to other dreadful tortures.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 April as a priest trained at Reims who returned to England to minister in secret and was hanged at Rochester under Queen Elizabeth I.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Miles Gerard Blessed“At Rochester in England, Blesseds Francis Dickenson and Miles Gerard, priests and martyrs, who, having returned to their own country from the English College at Reims to carry out the priestly ministry there in secret, were hanged on the gallows under Queen Elizabeth I and subjected to other dreadful tortures.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 13 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q131583530 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.