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• Il est né en l'an 1548 dans Goldingstons, Fifeshire, Scotland.
• Religion: Catholicism.
• (Accomplishment) : Catholic Bishop also known as William the Martyr.
• (Accomplishment) : William Gibson (martyr) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blessed William Gibson Born1548,Fife, Scotland Died29 November 1596,York, England Martyred byQueen Elizabeth I of England Means of martyrdomHanging, drawing and quartering Venerated inGreat Britain Beatified 22 November 1987, London, England by Pope John Paul II Feast4 May The Blessed William Gibson (1548 – 29 November 1596) was a layman from Ripon in Yorkshire, England, a member of a noble Scottish family, who was executed at York for professing the Roman Catholic faith. He is honored as a martyr by the Catholic Church.[1] With him also suffered the Blesseds George Errington of Herst, Northumberland; William Knight of South Duffield and Henry Abbot of Howden, also in Yorkshire. Life[edit] Gibson was the son of Lord George Gibson II (+1590) of Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland, a judge of the High Court of Scotland, who was a "free baron" under charter of King James IV of Scotland. His great-uncle and namesake, Bishop William Gibson, Dean of Restalrig, had been one of the leading Catholic clergymen in Scotland prior to the Scottish Reformation. He frequently represented King James V to the Holy See, and, with the support of Cardinal David Beaton, his writings in defense of the Catholic faith had earned him the papal title of "Guardian of the Scottish Church" (Latin: Custos Ecclesiae Scotiae).[2] The younger William Gibson was accused of treason for being a Catholic and denounced to the authorities. He was at once seized and committed to the custody of a noted pursuivant named Colyer, who treated him with indignity and severity. Gibson was sent in August 1593 to York Castle, where he was joined shortly thereafter by fellow future martyrs William Knight and George Errington, both arrested for participation in a rising. A certain Anglican clergyman chanced to be among their fellow prisoners. To gain his freedom he had recourse to an act of treachery: feigning a desire to become a Roman Catholic, he won the confidence of Gibson and his two companions, who explained their faith to him. With the connivance of the authorities, he was directed to Henry Abbot, then at liberty, who endeavoured to procure a priest to reconcile him to the Church. When the clergyman had sufficient evidence, Gibson was arrested and, together with Knight and his two comrades, accused of attempting to persuade the clergyman to embrace Catholicism — an act of treason under the English Penal Laws. They were all found guilty, before (with the exception of Abbot, who was executed later) suffering hanging, drawing and quartering at York on 29 November 1596. Gibson was one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987 in the course of a visit to the United Kingdom.[3] References[edit] Jump up ^ Ancestral information from descendant Thomas K. Gibson Jump up ^ The Scottish Nation:Gibson Jump up ^ Homily of Pope John Paul II at the Rite of Beatification of 85 English Martyrs This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. External links[edit] Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910, Ven. William Gibson.
• (Accomplishment) : William b. 1548 - 1596 Catholic Bishop, William the Martyr, was hanged, drawn and quartered at York, on Nov 29, 1596, with fellow martyrs William Knight and George Errington.4./5./6.+ and at least three daughters [Many early Gibsons were devout Catholics until the Protestant Reformation initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and in Scotland by John Knox around 1660. Here is a superb website of old world Gibsons prepared by the Rev. Dr. Gary Stewart Gibson of Devon, UK, and his father, John Robert Gibson (1896-1991).].
• Il est décédé le 29 novembre 1596 dans hanged, drawn and quartered at York, England, il avait 48 ans.

  Cause of death: Hanged, drawn and quartered

• Il est enterré en l'an 1596 dans Leeds St Peter, Yorkshire, England.
• Un enfant de Lord George 3rd Baron of Goldingstones Gibson et Mary Cranston

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