Antonius of Weert
Franciscan friar and priest (1523–1572)
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Antonius of Weert was one of nine Franciscans of the friary at Gorkum in Holland who were captured when the Calvinist rebels took the town in June 1572. With other priests and religious seized with them, they were held and mistreated in prison at Gorkum, then taken to Brielle, where they were questioned and pressed to give up their belief in the Blessed Sacrament and in the authority of the pope.
All of them stood firm. Although a letter came from William of Orange ordering that priests and religious be left alone, the rebel commander Lumey had them hanged in a turf shed at Brielle during the night of 9 July. They were beatified in 1675 and canonised on 29 June 1865.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the Martyrs of Gorkum, hanged at Brielle for holding to the Blessed Sacrament and the authority of the pope.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Martyrs of Gorkum
- Roman Martyrology, 9 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9157722 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anthony of Weert (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.