Thomas Pormort
English martyr
Who they were
Thomas Pormort of Hull studied at Cambridge, Reims and Rome, where he was ordained in 1587, and was prefect of studies at the Swiss college in Milan. He returned to England in disguise as a servant.
Arrested in 1591, he was repeatedly racked by Topcliffe. Convicted of treason for being a priest and reconciling a haberdasher to the Church, he was executed in St Paul's Churchyard on 20 February 1592.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest who suffered torture for reconciling souls.
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.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Thomas Pormort
- Wikidata Q16863486 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Pormort (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.