George Gervase
Benedictine priest and martyr
Feast: 11 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At London in England, Blessed George Gervase, priest of the Order of Saint Benedict and martyr, who was a student of the English College at Douai and, although imprisoned twice in his own country under King James I while carrying out his pastoral ministry, nevertheless professed the Catholic faith steadfastly until he was hanged.
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 11 April as a Benedictine priest trained at Douai who was hanged in London under King James I for professing the Catholic faith.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 11 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1944268 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.