Blessed Thomas Pilchard | |
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Priest and Martyr | |
Born | 1557 Battle, Sussex |
Died | Dorchester | 21 March 1587 (aged 29 - 30)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 22 November 1987, Rome, Italy, by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 21 March, 22 November, 4 May |
Thomas Pilchard (Pilcher) (born at Battle, Sussex, 1557; executed at Dorchester, 21 March 1587) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987 as one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales, with whom he is commemorated on 4 May.