Edmund Gennings

Who they were

At London in England, the holy martyrs Edmund Gennings, priest, and Swithin Wells, who, condemned to death during the persecution of Queen Elizabeth I, the first for being a priest, the other for having given him hospitality, were hanged in front of the door of the house and tortured to death.

The miracles

The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 December as a priest hanged in London under Elizabeth I for being a priest.

Connected on this site

• Swithun Wells Saint
  “In 1591 St Edmund Gennings was taken saying Mass there in his absence.” — this site's research
• Sydney Hodgson Blessed
  “Sydney Hodgson, a convert layman, was at the Mass of Edmund Gennings in Swithun Wells's house when Topcliffe burst in at the Consecration.” — this site's research