Thomas Garnet

Saint

Thomas Garnet

S.J.
Portrait from the Royal English College in Valladolid
Martyr
Born9 November 1575
Southwark, Central London, England
Died23 June 1608 (aged 32)
Tyburn, Middlesex, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Feast23 June (individual)
25 October (with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
AttributesMartyr's palm

Thomas Garnet, SJ (9 November 1575 – 23 June 1608) was a Jesuit priest who was executed in London during the English Reformation. He is the protomartyr (i.e., the first martyr associated with a place) of Saint Omer and of Stonyhurst College. He was executed at Tyburn and is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.