Thomas Pilchard
Blessed Thomas Pilchard | |
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Portrait in the Chideock Martyrs Church in Chideock, England | |
| Priest and Martyr | |
| Born | 1557 Battle, Sussex |
| Died | 21 March 1587 (aged 29 - 30) Dorchester |
| 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.