William Gunter

Who they were

At London in England, Blessed William Dean, priest, and seven companions, martyrs, who under Queen Elizabeth I, on the same day but in different places in the city or nearby, suffered martyrdom by hanging for the kingdom of God.

Among those named is Blessed William Gunter, 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 28 August as a priest hanged at London under Queen Elizabeth I with Blessed William Dean and their companions.

Connected on this site

• Henry Webley Blessed
  “A layman named in the Roman Martyrology for 28 August with Hugh More among a group of English martyrs that also included the priests William Gunter, Robert Morton, Thomas Holford and James Claxton and the Franciscan cleric Thomas Felton.” — this site's research
• Robert Morton Blessed
  “A priest named in the Roman Martyrology for 28 August among a group of English martyrs with the priests William Gunter, Thomas Holford and James Claxton, the Franciscan cleric Thomas Felton and the laymen Henry Webley and Hugh More.” — this site's research
• William Dean Blessed
  “At London in England, Blessed William Dean, priest, and seven companions, martyrs, who under Queen Elizabeth I, on the same day but in different places in the city or nearby, suffered martyrdom by hanging for the kingdom of God.” — this site's research