Thomas Thwing
English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
Who they were
Thomas Thwing of Heworth, near York, was educated at Douai and sent on the mission in 1664. He was a chaplain, opened a school, and became chaplain to the Institute of Mary at Dolebank, where three of his sisters were nuns.
Arrested in 1679 on a false charge of plotting to kill the king, he was convicted on the same evidence on which his relatives were acquitted, and executed at York on 23 October 1680.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest condemned on false witness in the Oates panic.
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 Thwing
- Wikidata Q7794467 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Thwing (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.