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st Sigismund
Roman Catholic parish
05-507 Słomczyn
ul. Wiślana 85
Konstancin deanery
m. i gm. Konstancin-Jeziorna
pow. Piaseczno

st SIGISMUND: st Sigismund church, Słomczyn, Poland; source: own collectionst SIGISMUND: XIX c., feretory, st Sigismund church, Słomczyn, Poland; source: own collection

ENGLISH REFORMATION CATHOLIC MARTYROLOGY

XVI-XVIII century

personal data

StatusblessedIMAGE PLACEHOLDER
SurnamePILCHARD
Alt. surnames, aliases, etc.PILCHER
Forename(s)Thomas
Alt. forname(s)
Religious statuspriest
NationalityEnglish
Date & place of birth1557Battle (Sussex)
Date & place of death21.iii.1587Dorchester (Dorsetshire)
Nature of death & gallows/prisonhanged, drawn and quarteredGallows Hill
Alt. date(s) & nature of death21.iii.1586
Trial chargebeing a Catholic priest (stat. 27 Eliz.1, c. 2) and refusal to sign the Oath of Supremacy (stat. 1 Eliz.1 c.1)
Trial and death detailsarrested with a friend, John Jessop
Beatification date & pontiff22.xi.1987John Paul II
Sources:en.wikipedia.org
www.newadvent.org
www.dorchester-tc.gov.uk