Honorific Prefix: | Blessed |
William Gunter | |
Death Date: | 28 August 1588 |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
Birth Place: | Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Death Place: | Shoreditch, London, England |
Titles: | Priest and Martyr |
Beatified Date: | 15 December 1929 |
Beatified By: | Pope Pius XI |
William Gunter (died 28 August 1588) was a Roman Catholic priest who was martyred under Queen Elizabeth I during the aftermath of the Spanish Armada, and is one of the One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales.[1]
He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.[2]
William Gunter was from Raglan in Monmouthshire. He studied in Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1587.[3]
He was martyred in Lincoln's Inn Fields on 28 August 1588 under the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I.[4]