Blessed Thomas Whitbread
Also known as: Thomas Harcourt; Thomas Harcott
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
June 20
Died
June 1, 20
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Blessed Thomas Whitbread, also known as Thomas Harcourt or Thomas Harcott, was born in 1618 in Essex, England. He grew up in a time of religious turmoil when Catholicism was officially suppressed, and practicing the faith was punishable by law.