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Bookmark or Share- John Gerard (Jesuit) - WikipediaJohn Gerard (4 October 1564 – 27 July 1637) [1] was a priest of the Society of Jesus who operated a secret ministry of the underground Catholic Church in England during the Elizabethan era. He was born into the English nobility as the second son of Sir Thomas Gerard at Old Bryn Hall, near Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire.
- John Gerard - WikipediaJohn Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century.
- The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest: Gerard S.J., Fr. John ...This autobiography of a Jesuit priest in Elizabethan England is a most remarkable document and John Gerard, its author, a most remarkable priest in a time when to be a Catholic in England courted imprisonment and torture; to be a priest was treason by act of Parliament.
- John Gerard, S.J.: The Adventures of an Elizabethan PriestMany of the best disguised priest holes in England were built by the skillful Nicholas Owen, a Jesuit lay brother, referred to by Gerard as “Little John.” Eventually, through the aid of a traitor, Gerard, together with “Little John,” was surprised by pursuivants and apprehended in a London house.
- Who was the courageous Fr. John Gerard? - Get Fed™You don’t realize that you’ve just seen Fr. John Gerard—a man who’s being hunted like a fox. After all, this is Elizabethan England, and it’s illegal to be a Catholic priest. Priests who are discovered are tortured and killed in horrific ways.
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