Gerard Edwards
priest and martyr at Canterbury
Feast: 1 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Canterbury in England, Saint Gerard Edwards, priest and martyr, who, ordained in France and returned to his own country, after a long imprisonment completed his martyrdom on the gallows during the persecution of Queen Elizabeth I. With him suffered the passion the Blesseds Robert Wilcox and Christopher Buxton, because they were priests, and Robert Widmerpool, for having helped a priest.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 October as a priest ordained in France who, after a long imprisonment, was put to death on the gallows at Canterbury under Queen Elizabeth I.
Connected on this site
- Christopher Buxton Blessed“With him suffered the passion the Blesseds Robert Wilcox and Christopher Buxton, because they were priests, and Robert Widmerpool, for having helped a priest.” — this site's research
- Robert Widmerpool Blessed“At Canterbury in England, Saint Gerard Edwards, priest and martyr, who, ordained in France and returned to his own country, after a long imprisonment completed his martyrdom on the gallows during the persecution of Queen Elizabeth I.” — this site's research
- Robert Wilcox Blessed“With him suffered the passion the Blesseds Robert Wilcox and Christopher Buxton, because they were priests, and Robert Widmerpool, for having helped a priest.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 1 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rb9352cba — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.