William Gibson (martyr)

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
Beatified22 November 1987, London, England, by Pope John Paul II
Feast4 May

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 honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church.

With him also suffered George Errington of Herst, Northumberland; William Knight of South Duffield and (after a short reprieve) Henry Abbot of Howden, also in Yorkshire.

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