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John Gerard (4 October 1564 – 27 July 1637) was a priest of the Society of Jesus who operated a secret ministry of the underground Catholic Church in England during the Elizabethan era. He was born into the English nobility as the second son of Sir Thomas Gerard at Old Bryn Hall, near Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire.
John Gerard ou Gerarde (Nantwich, Cheshire, 1545 — Londres, fevereiro de 1611 ou 12 [1]) foi um médico e botânico inglês. Ficou célebre pelo seu herbário. Biografia
19 de set. de 2022 · Father John Gerard describes his life, vocation and mission as a covert priest in England during the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I. He is imprisoned, tortured, escapes, comes to know a number of the great martyrs of the time.
He is well known through his autobiography, a fascinating record of dangers and adventures, of captures and escapes, of trials and consolations. The narrative is all the more valuable because it sets before us the kind of life led by priests, wherever the peculiar features of the English persecution occurred.
Active during the final period of Elizabeth's reign, John Gerard (1564-1637) was an English Jesuit priest, operating covertly in England where the Catholic Church was subject to persecution.
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24 de mar. de 2020 · John Gerard was an English Jesuit priest who secretly served the Catholics in England during the period of persecution under Queen Elizabeth. Born in 1564 to a wealthy family, John was...
28 de jul. de 2014 · The said inquisitor was Richard Topcliffe, the Queen’s chief interrogator and sadistic torturer; the prisoner was Fr. John Gerard, a captured English Jesuit who was being held in the Clink Prison. With great finesse, he had handled the question.
