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WORK 16/376; is an illustration, said to be from about 1680, of the permanent gallows at Tyburn, which stood where Marble Arch now stands. This necessitated a three-mile cart ride in public from Newgate prison to the gallows. Huge crowds collected on the way and followed the accused to Tyburn. They were used as the gallows for London offenders from the 16th century until 1759."
Bienheureux Georges
Gervase
Martyr, bénédictin en
Angleterre (+ 1608)
Originaire du Sussex, il fut mousse à l'âge de 12 ans, puis matelot dans l'équipage du corsaire anglais Francis Drake qui détruisit la flotte espagnole dans le port de Cadix en 1587 et prit part à la victoire sur l'Invincible Armada espagnole l'année suivante. A 24 ans, Georges rejoint son frère qui vit dans les Flandres. Il entre alors au séminaire anglais de Douai à l'époque de la persécution royale contre les catholiques. Bénédictin, il part en mission en Angleterre et c'est là qu'il est arrêté et condamné à mort en tant que prêtre catholique. Il fut exécuté à Tyburn, martyr de sa fidélité à l'Église romaine.
À Londres, en 1608, le bienheureux Georges Gervase, prêtre de l'Ordre de
Saint-Benoît et martyr. Élevé au collège anglais de Douai, il revint en
Angleterre après son ordination sacerdotale, sous le roi Jacques Ier, et bien
que deux fois capturé dans le temps où il exerça son ministère pastoral, il
demeura fidèle à la foi catholique jusqu'à la potence.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/955/Bienheureux-Georges-Gervase.html
Also
known as
George Jervise
29 October as
one of the Martyrs
of Douai
Profile
George spent an
adventurous youth, travelling to
the West
Indies with the explorer Sir Francis Drake. He entered the seminary at Douai, France,
and was ordained in 1603. Benedictine.
From France he
returned to England to
work with covert Catholics during
a suppression of the Church. Martyred for
the crime of being a priest.
Born
at Bosham, Sussex, England
hanged,
drawn and quartered on 11 April 1608 at
Tyburn, London, England
8 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI (decree
of martyrdom)
15
December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Additional
Information
Mementoes
of the English Martyrs and Confessors, by Father Henry
Sebastian Bowden
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
The
One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn
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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
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MLA
Citation
“Blessed George
Gervase“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 August 2023. Web. 11 April 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-george-gervase/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-george-gervase/
Saints
of the Day – Blessed George Gervase, O.S.B., Martyr
Article
Born in Bosham, Sussex,
England; died at Tyburn, England, in 1608; beatified in 1929. In his youth,
George had an adventurous career with Francis Drake in the West Indies. Later
he was educated for the priesthood and entered the Benedictines at Douai. In
1603 George was ordained to the priesthood and sent to the English mission,
where he was condemned and died for his priesthood (Benedictines).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
29 August 2023. Web. 11 April 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-blessed-george-gervase-o-s-b-martyr/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-blessed-george-gervase-o-s-b-martyr/
George Gervase
(Jervise.)
Priest and martyr, born at Boscham,
Suffolk, England,
1571; died at Tyburn, 11 April, 1608. His mother's name was Shelly, and both
his father's and
mother's families had
been long established in the County of Suffolk. Losing both parents in boyhood,
he was kidnapped by pirates and carried off beyond seas, remaining in captivity
over twelve years. He lost his religion during that period; but, when at last
he was able to return to England, and found that
his brother Henry had become a voluntary exile
in Flanders in
order to be able to practise his religion, George followed him there, and was
soon reconciled with the Church. He entered the
English College at Douai in
1595, and was ordained priest in 1603. He
at once went to the English mission. He laboured very successfully for over two
years, but was arrested in June, 1606, and banished with several other clergy. He then made
a pilgrimage to Rome, and there
endeavoured to enter the Society of Jesus, but,
not being admitted for some unknown reason, he returned to Douai, where he received
the Benedictine habit.
His brother Henry had obtained for him a comfortable living near Lille, being anxious to
preserve him from the persecution then
raging in England.
But George was determined to labour for the conversion of his
native land, and succeeded in returning to his native England, but was soon
arrested and incarcerated. Refusing to take the new oath of allegiance
on account of its infringing on spiritual matters where Catholics were
concerned, he was tried, convicted of the offense of merely being a priest, under the
statute 27 Elizabeth, and was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Some
authorities say he did not receive the Benedictine habit
until a short time before his death from Father Augustine Bradshaw.
Sources
Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng.
Cath., s.v.; Challoner, Memoirs, II; Snow, Benedictine Necrology.
Brown, C.F.
Wemyss. "George Gervase." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
6. New York: Robert Appleton
Company, 1909. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm>.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. September 1, 1909. Remy Lafort,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2023 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06536a.htm
The
One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn – 11 April 1608
Article
Venerable George
Gervase, priest, O.S.B.
He was born at Bosham, in
Sussex, his mother belonging to the Shelley family of that county. George was
left an orphan when only twelve years old, and with two of his brothers, was
kidnapped by pirates and carried off to the Indies. After another period of
twelve years, during which time he quite lost the religion taught him as a
child, he found means to return to England, and afterwards went over to
Flanders, where he succeeded in tracing his eldest brother. George Gervase was
there reconciled to the Catholic Faith, and soon after entered the English
seminary at Douai. In due time he was ordained and sent on the English Mission.
In the space of two years he won many souls to God, and was then apprehended
and sent from prison to banishment. His brother endeavoured to persuade him to
remain in safety in Flanders, but the promise by which he was bound, as well as
the great love he bore his country, brought him back to die for it. He was
thirty-six years of age when he yielded up his life at Tyburn, and had been but
lately enrolled in the Order of Saint Benedict.
MLA
Citation
The Nuns of the Convent
of Tyburn. “11 April 1608”. The
One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn, 1917. CatholicSaints.Info.
22 January 2020. Web. 11 April 2024. <https://catholicsaints.info/the-one-hundred-and-five-martyrs-of-tyburn-11-april-1608/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/the-one-hundred-and-five-martyrs-of-tyburn-11-april-1608/
Mementoes
of the English Martyrs and Confessors – Venerable George Gervase, O.S.B., 1608
Article
Lost and Found
He was born at Bosham in
Sussex. His father belonged to a noted family in that county, and his mother
was of the ancient stock of the Shelleys. He was left an orphan when he was
twelve years of age, and not long after was kid napped by a pirate (probably a
lieutenant of Drake, who was then buccaneering on the Spanish Main), and was
taken to the West Indies with two of his brothers, and, considering his
surroundings, the lawlessness, plunder, and bloodshed of a pirate’s life, it is
not surprising to learn that he quite lost his religion. At length he found
means of returning to England, and went over to Flanders, where his eldest brother
Henry was staying, both for conscience sake and to enjoy the free practice of
his religion. By his example George was reconciled to the Catholic faith,
entered Douay, was ordained priest 1603, and entered on the English Mission
1604. After two years he was apprehended and banished. His brother had provided
a comfort able home for him at Lille, but his zeal for souls drew him again to
England, where he was shortly apprehended, and, refusing to take the oath of
allegiance, was condemned. He suffered at Tyburn, 11 April 1608, aged
thirty-seven, having been admitted to the Benedictine Order.
Tormenting Ministers
“Urged at his examination
as to whether the Pope could depose princes, he demurred, saying it was a hard
question, and at last replied, Yes, and also all the princes of the world; and
on his trial answered, What I have said my blood is ready to answer. After his
condemnation the Bishop sent seven ministers on the Sunday morning before his
execution to deal with him; one was Dr. Morton, whom I saw. They all tormented
him according to their diversities of spirits, but, as the keeper said, he
remained a most obstinate Papist. This much I will adjoin of my own knowledge
(he being dearest unto me), that since the first persecution in England never
any priest, for the space of two or three days, ever had more affliction
amongst ministers, and that by means of the Bishop. The whole Sunday night
before his death he was accompanied by five ministers. On the hurdle he lifted
up his bound hands, signing to me to pray for him. At the gallows, at the
minister’s final importunities, he said: Tut, tut, look to thyself, poor man.
He was cruelly butchered, but now enjoyeth all felicity, being most devout to
our Blessed Lady.” Written by one who was present.
MLA
Citation
Father Henry Sebastian
Bowden. “Venerable George Gervase, O.S.B., 1608”. Mementoes
of the English Martyrs and Confessors, 1910. CatholicSaints.Info.
28 November 2020. Web. 11 April 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/mementoes-of-the-english-martyrs-and-confessors-venerable-george-gervase-o-s-b-1608/>
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† Tyburn, Londra,
Inghilterra, 11 aprile 1608
Nato nel Sussex nel 1571,
George Gervase visse un'esistenza avventurosa e tormentata: prigionia,
pirateria, esilio e martirio. La sua beatificazione nel 1929 lo ha reso modello
di perseveranza. Dopo un periodo di lontananza dalla fede, Gervase si
riconciliò e divenne sacerdote nel 1603. Operò in Inghilterra durante la
repressione del cattolicesimo, subendo due arresti e l'esilio. Rientrato in
Inghilterra, fu nuovamente arrestato e condannato a morte per aver rifiutato il
giuramento di fedeltà al re. L'11 aprile 1608 subì il martirio a Tyburn.
Martirologio
Romano: A Londra in Inghilterra, beato Giorgio Gervase, sacerdote
dell’Ordine di San Benedetto e martire, che fu allievo del Collegio Inglese di
Douai e, sebbene imprigionato due volte in patria sotto il re Giacomo I durante
l’esercizio del suo ministero pastorale, professò tuttavia con costanza la fede
cattolica fino all’impiccagione.
La figura di George
Gervase, sacerdote benedettino e martire inglese, emerge dalle pagine della
storia come un esempio di fede incrollabile e dedizione al Vangelo. Nato nel
Sussex nel 1571, egli visse un'esistenza avventurosa e tormentata, segnata da
prigionia, pirateria, esilio e infine martirio. La sua beatificazione nel 1929
da parte di Papa Pio XI ne ha consacrato la memoria, elevandolo a modello di
perseveranza e ispirazione per le generazioni future.
Giovinezza
Rimasto orfano a dodici anni, Gervase fu rapito da pirati e condotto nelle
Indie Occidentali, dove rimase prigioniero per dodici anni. In questo periodo
egli si allontanò dalla fede cattolica. Tuttavia, al suo ritorno in
Inghilterra, ritrovò la fede grazie all'esempio del fratello maggiore Henry,
esule volontario nelle Fiandre per motivi religiosi.
Riconciliazione e vocazione
Nel 1595 George Gervase entrò nel Collegio inglese di Douai, dove completò gli
studi e fu ordinato sacerdote nel 1603. L'anno successivo intraprese la
missione in Inghilterra, dove operò per oltre due anni, in un contesto di forte
repressione del cattolicesimo. Arrestato nel giugno 1606, fu bandito dal regno
insieme ad altri sacerdoti.
Pellegrinaggio e ritorno in patria
Gervase compì un pellegrinaggio a Roma, dove tentò senza successo di entrare
nella Compagnia di Gesù. Tornato a Douai, vestì l'abito da novizio presso il
monastero benedettino di San Gregorio. Nonostante le pressioni del fratello
Henry, che desiderava per lui una vita tranquilla e sicura, George era determinato
a tornare in Inghilterra per predicare il Vangelo.
Martirio e beatificazione
Rientrato in patria, fu nuovamente arrestato e incarcerato. Rifiutandosi di
prestare il giuramento di fedeltà al re, considerato lesivo della sua fede
cattolica, Gervase fu processato e condannato a morte. Il 11 aprile 1608 subì
il martirio a Tyburn, mediante impiccagione, sventramento e squartamento.
La sua beatificazione è avvenuta nel 1929 ad opera di Papa Pio XI.
Autore: Franco Dieghi
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/49240
Den salige George Gervase
(1569-1608)
Minnedag: 11.
april
Den salige George Gervase
(Jervis) ble født i Bosham og var med på Francis Drakes siste ekspedisjon til
de vestindiske øyer. Han ble presteviet i Cambrai i 1603, og ble senere
benediktiner i Douay. Han ble «hanged, drawn and quartered» på Tyburn for sitt
prestedømme. Saligkåret 1929. Minnedag 11. april.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming - Sist oppdatert: 1998-05-02 22:45
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/ggervase
George Gervase osb.;
Engeland; martelaar; †
1608.
Feest 11 april.
Hij was afkomstig uit
Bosham, in het Engelse graafschap Sussex. Als jongeman diende hij onder Drake
in West-Indië. Tot inkeer gekomen kreeg hij een priesteropleiding in de Franse
plaats Douai. Het was de tijd dat de anglicaanse overheid in Engeland en
Ierland elke uiting van katholiek geloof verboden had; priesters mochten er
niet zijn. Nadat George in diezelfde stad benedictijn was geworden, stak hij
over naar Engeland om de katholieken daar clandestien te ondersteunen. Hij werd
gesnapt, gevangen gezet en ter dood gebracht.
[101a»George; 102»Georges; Dries van den Akker s.j./2008.03.16]
© A. van den Akker
s.j.
SOURCE : https://www.heiligen-3s.nl/heiligen/04/11/04-11-1608-george.php
