Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Anthony of Weert | |
Honorific Suffix: | O.F.M. |
Titles: | Religious, priest and martyr |
Birth Date: | 1523 |
Death Date: | 9 July 1572 |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified Date: | 14 November 1675 |
Beatified Place: | Rome, Papal States |
Beatified By: | Pope Clement X |
Canonized Date: | 29 June 1867 |
Canonized Place: | Rome, Papal States |
Canonized By: | Pope Pius IX |
Feast Day: | 9 July |
Anthony of Weert was a Franciscan friar and priest who was martyred during the Dutch Revolt. Eighteen other men were martyred alongside him; they are known as the Martyrs of Gorkum.[1]
The Martyrs of Gorkum were all beatified in 1675 and then canonised by Pope Pius IX in 1867. The martyrs share a feast day on 9 July.[2]
Anthony of Weert was a Franciscan friar and priest who belonged to the Convent of Gorcum.[3]
Anthony was taken by Calvinists alongside 18 other individuals, 11 of those were his Franciscan brothers. On 9 July 1572, they were martyred.[4]