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Martyrs of Gorkum

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Feast Day: July 9

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The Martyrs of Gorkum were nineteen Catholic priests and religious captured during the Dutch Revolt and hanged at Brielle on July 9, 1572. The group included eleven Franciscans, as well as diocesan and other religious clergy. They remained steadfast in Catholic teaching on the Eucharist and the authority of the Pope. Pope Pius IX canonized them in 1867.

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